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(biochemistry) An endogenous opioid peptide neurotransmitter found naturally in the brains of many animals, including humans; one of the two forms of enkephalin (the other being metenkephalin)..
PRO, an endogenous opioid itself, is also the precursor of the opiate neuropeptides metenkephalin and leuenkephalin.
Use leuenkephalin when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Leuenkephalin means (biochemistry) An endogenous opioid peptide neurotransmitter found naturally in the brains of many animals, including humans; one of the two forms of enkephalin (the other being metenkephalin)..
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PRO, an endogenous opioid itself, is also the precursor of the opiate neuropeptides metenkephalin and leuenkephalin.
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