enkephalin
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “brain”) + -in.
Noun
enkephalin (plural enkephalins)
- (biochemistry) Any of a group of pentapeptide endorphins that have opiate-like effects
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest , Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 67:
- 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 […]
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