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

• Arabic: إِنْدُورْفِين m (ʔindūrfīn)
• 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 (de) 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 (pt) 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