LIPOTROPIN Definition & Meaning

lipotropin

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Biochemistry.

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

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

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