endocannabinoid

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noun

An endogenous cannabinoid, i.e. one produced by the body.

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Meanings

nounendocannabinoid (plural endocannabinoids)

plural endocannabinoids

  1. An endogenous cannabinoid, i.e. one produced by the body.

    When their endocannabinoid system was turned off, the animals ended their runs just as anxious and twitchy as they had been at the start, suggesting that they had felt no runner’s high.

    2021 March 10, Gretchen Reynolds, “Getting to the Bottom of the Runner’s High”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin

From endo- + cannabinoid.

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APA

endocannabinoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endocannabinoid

MLA

“endocannabinoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endocannabinoid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “endocannabinoid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endocannabinoid.

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