opiorphin

English

Noun

opiorphin (countable and uncountable, plural opiorphins)

1. (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.