endorphin

endorphin

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈdɔːfɪn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈdɔ(ɹ)fɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)fɪn

Noun

endorphin (plural endorphins)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a group of peptide hormones found in the mammalian brain that act as neurotransmitters and have properties similar to morphine.
   • 2019, Curt L. Lox; Kathleen A. Martin Ginis; Heather L. Gainforth; Steven J. Petruzzello, The Psychology of Exercise: Integrating Theory and Practice, Routledge, →ISBN:

     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.

Derived terms

• endorphinergic
• neoendorphin

Translations

any of a group of peptide hormones

Catalan: endorfina f Chinese: Mandarin: 腦內啡／脑内啡 (nǎonèifēi), 安多芬 (ānduōfēn), 內啡呔／内啡呔 (nèifēidāi) Czech: endorfin (cs) m Finnish: endorfiini French: endorphine (fr) f German: Endorphin n Greek: ενδορφίνη f (endorfíni) Hungarian: endorfin (hu) Italian: endorfina (it) f Japanese: エンドルフィン (endorufin) Maori: taiaki whakahari Polish: endorfina (pl) f Portuguese: endorfina f Russian: эндорфи́н (ru) m (endorfín) Spanish: endorfina (es) f Swedish: endorfin (sv) n Turkish: endorfin Vietnamese: endorphin (vi)

Further reading

• endorphin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia