Medical Dictionary

morphinomimetic

adj mor·phi·no·mi·met·ic \-mə-ˈmet-ik, -mī-\

Medical Definition of MORPHINOMIMETIC

:  resembling opiates in their affinity for opiate receptors in the brain <the enkephalins are morphinomimetic pentapeptides>

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