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Definition of Enkephalins
1. enkephalin [n] - See also: enkephalin
Medical Definition of Enkephalins
1. Natural opiate pentapeptides isolated originally from pig brain. Leu enkephalin YGGFL) and Met enkephalin (YGGFM) bind particularly strongly to _ type opiate receptors. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)