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Meaning of met-enkephalin in English:

met-enkephalin

(also metenkephalin)

Pronunciation /ˌmɛtɛnˈkɛfəlɪn/

noun

Biochemistry

  • The enkephalin that terminates in a methionine residue.

Origin

1970s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. From Met + enkephalin, after French met-enképhaline.