Endorphin Definition

ĕn-dôrfĭn
endorphins
noun
Any of several peptides secreted in the brain that have a pain-relieving effect like that of morphine.
Webster's New World
Any of a group of peptide hormones that bind to opiate receptors and act as neurotransmitters. Endorphins reduce the sensation of pain and affect emotions.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Endorphin

Noun

Singular:
endorphin
Plural:
endorphins

Origin of Endorphin

  • From French endorphine, from endo(gène) ‘endogenous’ + (mo)rphine ‘morphine’.

    From Wiktionary

  • endo(genous) (mo)rphin(e)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • endo(genous) (mo)rphin(e)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Endorphin Sentence Examples

  • Exercise increases endorphin levels, the chemicals responsible for feeling good.

  • The researchers found that an area of the brain responsible for basic emotions was targeted by endorphin release, explaining the change in mood.

  • Once you get away with it - with financial infidelity - then you move to infidelity for the "thrill seeking" and endorphin and "dopamine high."

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

NINHIN

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With E9 Letter Words Ending With N