enkephalins
Meaning of enkephalins
plural noun
either of two peptide compounds occurring naturally in the brain, related to the endorphins and having similar physiological effects.
1970s: from Greek enkephalos ‘brain’ (from en- ‘in’ + kephalē ‘head’) + -in1.
Information about enkephalins
- It is a name.
- The singular form of enkephalins is: enkephalin.
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Hyphenation of enkephalins
enkephalins
- It consists of 1 syllables and 11 chars.
- enkephalins is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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