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ENKEPHALIN

Dictionary entry overview: What does enkephalin mean?

• ENKEPHALIN (noun)
The noun ENKEPHALIN has 1 sense:

1. an endorphin having opiate qualities that occurs in the brain and spinal cord and elsewhere

Familiarity information: ENKEPHALIN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ENKEPHALIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An endorphin having opiate qualities that occurs in the brain and spinal cord and elsewhere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("enkephalin" is a kind of...):

endorphin (a neurochemical occurring naturally in the brain and having analgesic properties)

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