endorphin

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Pronunciation

/ɛnˈdɔːfɪn/ (UK)

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/ɛnˈdɔːfɪn/ (UK) · /ɛnˈdɔ(ɹ)fɪn/ (US)

Definition of endorphin

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noun

Any of a group of peptide hormones found in the mammalian brain that act as neurotransmitters and have properties similar to morphine.

“The explanation for the depression-reducing effects of exercise that clearly has been the most popular with the media is the endorphin hypothesis (see Hoffmann, 1997), which has also been discussed as a possible explanation in nearly every exercise-depression literature review.”

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Borrowed from French endorphine, from endo(gène) (“endogenous, produced within”) and morphine.

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