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lipotropin

[ lip-uh-troh-pin, lahy-puh- ]

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. a large polypeptide of the pituitary gland from which endorphins and other endogenous opiates are thought to derive.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lipotropin1

First recorded in 1960–65; lipotrop(ic) + -in 2

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