endorphin
endorphin
Definition
en·dor·phin (en dôr′fin)
noun
any of several peptides secreted in the brain that have a pain-relieving effect like that of morphine
endorphin
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- release: Pain releases endorphins in the brain which cause a rush or a high.
- produce: Sports, running dancing, cycling, brisk walks help you produce endorphins making you feel better.
- call: In addition, TENS encourages the body to release its own pain killing hormones, called endorphins.
- get: And then I started to like it, and then I started to get endorphins.
- increase: One theory holds that placebos work because they increase endorphins in the brain.
- activate: When using TENS to help activate endorphins we use Burst Tens Mode.
Adjective modifier
- feel-good: Try to keep smiling and release some feel-good endorphins.
- natural: The brain's natural endorphins appear to have a similar action.
- beta: Shealy's group suggested that an increase in beta endorphins is associated with a sense of well being and decreased pain.
- enough: When enough endorphins are produced, the nerves that control pain and pleasure impulses in your brain are activated.
Modifies a noun
- release: Exercise and dancing also cause endorphin release, and lead to a pleasant " high " and sense of well-being.
- production: The OASIS TM produces results by enhancing endorphin production, which assists in reaching deep levels of relaxation.
- level: Low endorphin levels may also cause some of the symptoms of PMS.
- rush: Don't abuse your responsibility for your bottom's safety just because the euphoria of a endorphin rush makes your bottom a little giddy.
- high: In an endorphin high he also claimed he'd missed me.
Noun used with modifier
- release: Laughter releases endorphins, the chemical in our brains that gives us the ' feel good factor ' .
- exercise: Exercise releases endorphins, which raise your mood state.
- chemical: Doing exercise releases the chemicals endorphins and seratonin, which improve your mood and make you more able to cope with pain.
Possessives
- brain: The brain's natural endorphins appear to have a similar action.
Preposition: in
- brain: Pain releases endorphins in the brain which cause a rush or a high.
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