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Definition: Melatonin |
MelatoninNoun1. Hormone secreted by the pineal gland. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Melatonin |
| English words defined with "melatonin": epiphysis, epiphysis cerebri ♦ melanoderma ♦ pineal body, pineal gland. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "melatonin": Acetylserotonin N-Methyltransferase. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Melatonin is a hormone produced by the pineal gland, located in the center of the brain. It is a derivative of the amino acid tryptophan.
Melatonin helps regulate sleep-wake or circadian rhythms. Normally, production of melatonin by the pineal is stimulated by darkness and inhibited by light.
In recent times, melatonin has become available as a drug and a supplement. It appears to have some use against insomnia and against jet lag.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Melatonin."
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Health | Use of non-vitamin supplements such as melatonin is controversial and can be risky. (references) | |
The body’s level of melatonin normally increases after darkness falls, making people feel drowsy. (references) | ||
Orthomolecular therapies aim to treat disease with varying concentrations of chemicals such as magnesium, melatonin, and mega-doses of vitamins. (references) | ||
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| "Melatonin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Melatonin" is used about 33 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 33 | 60,273 |
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Beginning with "melatonin": melatonin-rich. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "melatonin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | é€€é»‘æ¿€ç´ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | melatonin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | melatonine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | mélatonine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Melatonin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | μελατονίνη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | melatonina. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elatoninmay melatonina. (various references) melatonina. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "melatonin": melatonins. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "melatonin" (pronounced me'lutō"nun) |
| 4 | -ō" n u n | Honan, Kronen. |
| 3 | -n u n | cannon, Canon, feminine, hemocyanin, linen, Mignon, ninon, renin. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-m-n-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: mannitol, nominate, nonmetal. | |
-2 letters: ailment, aliment, amniote, antlion, elation, enation, lineman, lomenta, mannite, melanin, mention, montane, nominal, nonmeat, omental, telamon, toenail. | |
-3 letters: amnion, anoint, anomie, entail, entoil, eolian, eonian, etalon, etamin, inmate, innate, intone, lament, latino, linnet, lomein, loment, maline, maloti, manito, mantel, mantle, melton, menial, mental, moline, molten, motile, nation, nomina, oilman. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-m-n-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: melatonins. | |
+2 letters: condimental, elimination, lamentation, mentionable, nonmaterial, nonmetallic, nonmetrical, nonterminal, unemotional. | |
+3 letters: alimentation, componential, delamination, eliminations, ethanolamine, lamentations, magniloquent, melanization, monofilament, nonalignment, nonemotional, phentolamine. | |
+4 letters: alimentations, contemplating, contemplation, delaminations, demyelination, environmental, ethanolamines, examinational, intercommunal, longanimities, malfunctioned, melanizations, monofilaments, monumentality, monumentalize, nonalignments, noncompatible, noncumulative, nonmyelinated, phenomenalist, phentolamines, predominantly, solemnization, terminational, triamcinolone, unemotionally, unmentionable. | |
+5 letters: compensational, conglomerating, conglomeration, contemplations, demyelinations, denominational, dimensionality, emotionalizing, implementation, indemonstrable, indemonstrably, insurmountable, magniloquently, mineralization, mongrelization, monumentalized, monumentalizes, nomenclatorial, noncomplicated, nonfilamentous, nongeometrical, noninstallment, nonsymmetrical, phenomenalists, postmillennial, reimplantation, semifunctional, sensationalism, solemnizations, triamcinolones, tridimensional, unmentionables. | |
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