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mor·phi·no·mi·met·ic | \ -mə-ˈmet-ik, -mī- 
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\Medical Definition of morphinomimetic
: resembling opiates in their affinity for opiate receptors in the brain
the enkephalins are morphinomimetic pentapeptides
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