Endocannabinoid

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An endogenous cannabinoid, i.e. one produced by the body.

    "When their endocannabinoid system was turned off, the animals ended their runs just as anxious and twitchy as they had been at the start, suggesting that they had felt no runner’s high."

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"When their endocannabinoid system was turned off, the animals ended their runs just as anxious and twitchy as they had been at the start, suggesting that they had felt no runner’s high."

Etymology

From endo- + cannabinoid.

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