lipotropin

lipotropin [lip-uh-troh-pin, lahy-puh-] Word Origin noun Biochemistry.

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

Origin of lipotropin First recorded in 1960–65; lipotrop(ic) + -in2 lipotropin in Medicine lipotropin [lĭp′ə-trō′pĭn, lī′pə-] n.

1. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that promotes the utilization of fat by the body and is a precursor to the endorphins.