opiorphin
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[edit]Noun
[edit]opiorphin (countable and uncountable, plural opiorphins)
- (biochemistry) A painkilling chemical compound first isolated from human saliva. [from 21st c.]
- 2015, Giulia Enders, translated by David Shaw, Gut, Scribe, published 2016, page 21:
- Our saliva contains one painkiller that is stronger than morphine. It is called opiorphin, and was only discovered in 2006.