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opiorphin

opiorphin noun: a painkilling chemical compound first isolated from human saliva.

Noun

opiorphin (countable and uncountable, plural opiorphins)

  1. A painkilling chemical compound first isolated from human saliva.
    • Our saliva contains one painkiller that is stronger than morphine. It is called opiorphin, and was only discovered in 2006.2015, Giulia Enders, translated by David Shaw, Gut, Scribe, published 2016, page 21

Forms of opiorphin

pluralopiorphins

Questions about opiorphin

What does opiorphin mean?
Opiorphin means a painkilling chemical compound first isolated from human saliva.
What part of speech is opiorphin?
Opiorphin is a noun.
What is the plural of opiorphin?
The plural of opiorphin is opiorphins.

Words near opiorphin in the dictionary

  1. opiophilia
  2. opiophobe
  3. opiophobes
  4. opiophobia
  5. opiophobic
  6. opiorphin
  7. opiorphins
  8. opiparous
  9. opipramol
  10. OPIs
  11. opis-

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