Enkephalin
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of a group of pentapeptide endorphins that have opiate-like effects
"Some of the more marginal players start in as early as maybe twelve, I'm sorry to say, particularly 'drines before matches and then enkephaline after […]"
- 2 an endorphin having opiate qualities that occurs in the brain and spinal cord and elsewhere wordnet
Example
More examples"Some of the more marginal players start in as early as maybe twelve, I'm sorry to say, particularly 'drines before matches and then enkephaline after […]"
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “brain”) + -in.