Usually means: Hormone regulating appetite and metabolism.
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  2. leptin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. leptin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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Definitions from Wiktionary (leptin)

▸ noun:  (biochemistry) A protein hormone produced in adipose tissue; it plays a role in regulating appetite and metabolism.

Similar:
lipotropin, lipokine, adipokinin, lactogen, adiponectin, adipostat, luteotropin, lactotropin, sarcolipin, adipohormone, more...

Opposite:
ghrelin, hunger hormone

Phrases:
Leptin receptor, more...

Adjectives:
human, recombinant, exogenous, more, free, less, placental, derived, central, reduced, endogenous

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Similar:
lipotropin, lipokine, adipokinin, lactogen, adiponectin, adipostat, luteotropin, lactotropin, sarcolipin, adipohormone, more...

Opposite:
ghrelin, hunger hormone

Phrases:
Leptin receptor, more...

Adjectives:
human, recombinant, exogenous, more, free, less, placental, derived, central, reduced, endogenous



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