Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leuenkephalin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: leuenkephalin
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An endogenous opioid peptide neurotransmitter found naturally in the brains of many animals, including humans; one of the two forms of enkephalin (the other being metenkephalin).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"PRO, an endogenous opioid itself, is also the precursor of the opiate neuropeptides metenkephalin and leuenkephalin."

Etymology

From Leu + enkephalin.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

leu-enkephalin (alternative)

Questions

What does leuenkephalin mean?: An endogenous opioid peptide neurotransmitter found naturally in the brains of many animals, including humans; one of the two forms of enkephalin (the other being metenkephalin).
Where does leuenkephalin come from?: From Leu + enkephalin.

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