Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metenkephalin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: metenkephalin
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An endogenous opioid peptide neurotransmitter found naturally in many parts of the animal and human body; one of the two forms of enkephalin (the other being leuenkephalin)

Uncountable

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From Met + enkephalin.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

met-enkephalin (alternative)

Synonyms

OGF opioid growth factor

Questions

What does metenkephalin mean?: An endogenous opioid peptide neurotransmitter found naturally in many parts of the animal and human body; one of the two forms of enkephalin (the other being leuenkephalin)
Where does metenkephalin come from?: From Met + enkephalin.

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