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opiorphins

opiorphins is the plural of opiorphin.

Meaning of opiorphin

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

Questions about opiorphins

What is opiorphins the plural of?
Opiorphins is the plural of opiorphin.

Words near opiorphins in the dictionary

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

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