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metencephalin

metencephalin is the alternative form of metenkephalin.

Meaning of metenkephalin

Noun

metenkephalin (uncountable)

  1. An endogenous opioid peptide neurotransmitter found naturally in many parts of the animal and human body; one of the two forms of enkephalin (the other being leuenkephalin)
    • PRO, an endogenous opioid itself, is also the precursor of the opiate neuropeptides metenkephalin and leuenkephalin.2007 December 11, Craig Howard Kinsley, Massimo Bardi, Kate Karelina, Brandi Rima, Lillian Christon, Julia Friedenberg, Garrett Griffin, “Motherhood Induces and Maintains Behavioral and Neural...
    Synonyms:
    OGF, opioid growth factor

Forms of metencephalin

pluralmetencephalins

Questions about metencephalin

What is metencephalin the alternative form of?
Metencephalin is the alternative form of metenkephalin.

Words near metencephalin in the dictionary

  1. metempsychotic
  2. metempsychotically
  3. metemptosis
  4. metencephala
  5. metencephalic
  6. metencephalin
  7. metencephalins
  8. metencephalon
  9. metencephalons
  10. metendosternite
  11. metenkephalin

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