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Meaning of metenkephalin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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

Examples

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

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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