Medical Dictionary

methionine–enkephalin

noun methionine–en·keph·a·lin \-en-ˈkef-ə-lin\

Medical Definition of METHIONINE-ENKEPHALIN

:  a pentapeptide having a terminal methionine residue that is one of the two enkephalins occurring naturally in the brain—called also Met-enkephalin

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