endorphin en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɛnˈdɔːfɪn/ (UK)
- /ɛnˈdɔ(ɹ)fɪn/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from French endorphine, from endo(gène) (“endogenous, produced within”) and morphine.
Meanings
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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.
2019, Curt L. Lox, Kathleen A. Martin Ginis, Heather L. Gainforth, Steven J. Petruzzello, The Psychology of Exercise: Integrating Theory and Practice, Routledge, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| endorphins | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (23)
ja エンドルフィン (any of a group of peptide hormones) · cmn 腦內啡 /脑内啡 (any of a group of peptide hormones) · fi endorfiini (any of a group of peptide hormones) · hu endorfin (any of a group of peptide hormones) · pl endorfina (any of a group of peptide hormones) · cmn 內啡呔 /内啡呔 (any of a group of peptide hormones) · es endorfina (any of a group of peptide hormones) · fr endorphine (any of a group of peptide hormones) · mi taiaki whakahari (any of a group of peptide hormones) · ru эндорфи́н (any of a group of peptide hormones) · tr endorfin (any of a group of peptide hormones) · ca endorfina (any of a group of peptide hormones) · pt endorfina (any of a group of peptide hormones) · de Endorphin (any of a group of peptide hormones) · cs endorfin (any of a group of peptide hormones) · scn nnurfina (any of a group of peptide hormones) · it endorfina (any of a group of peptide hormones) · vi endorphin (any of a group of peptide hormones) · sv endorfin (any of a group of peptide hormones) · el ενδορφίνη (any of a group of peptide hormones) · cmn 安多芬 (any of a group of peptide hormones) · ar إِنْدُورْفِين (any of a group of peptide hormones) · id endorfin (any of a group of peptide hormones)