encephalins
Meaning of encephalins
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 encephalins
- It is a name.
- The singular form of encephalins is: encephalin.
- Languages in which encephalins is used:
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Hyphenation of encephalins
en-cephalins
- It consists of 2 syllables and 11 chars.
- encephalins is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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