DOPA

Meaning of DOPA in English

/ ˈdəʊpə; NAmE ˈdoʊ-/ noun

[ U ] ( medical ) a chemical which is present in the body, used to treat Parkinson's disease

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WORD ORIGIN

early 20th cent.: from German , acronym from the systematic name.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

DOPA — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary dihydroxy- + phenylalanine Date: 1917 a phenolic amino acid C 9 H 11 NO 4 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DOPA — ˈdōpə noun ( -s ) Etymology: d ihydr o xy p henyl a lanine : a crystalline amino acid (HO) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOPA — /doh"peuh/ , n. Biochem. an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOPA — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary d ihydr o xy- + p henyl a lanine Date: 1917 : a phenolic amino …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOPA — [ 'dəʊpə ] ■ noun Biochemistry a compound which is present in nerve tissue as a precursor of ~mine (especially …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DOPA — [do.pa] n [ISV dihydroxy- + phenylalanine] (1917): an amino acid that in the levorotatory form is found in the broad …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOPA — dopa BrE AmE ˈdəʊp ə AmE \ ˈdoʊp ə -ɑː
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DOPA — n. Pharm. a crystalline amino acid derivative used in the treatment of Parkinsonism. [G f. Di oxy phenyl alanine, former …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOPA — n. Pharm. a crystalline amino acid derivative used in the treatment of Parkinsonism. [ G f. Di oxy phenyl alanine, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOPA — n. Pharm. a crystalline amino acid derivative used in the treatment of Parkinsonism. Etymology: G f. Di oxy phenyl alanine, …
Oxford English vocab
DOPA — допа
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOPA — допа, дофа, диоксифенилаланин (применяется как лекарственное средство при паркинсонизме)
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
DOPA — допа
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOPA — n. Pronunciation: ' d ō -p ə , -( ˌ )pä Function: noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary d ihydr o …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
L-DOPA — noun Date: 1939 the levorotatory form of dopa that is obtained especially from broad beans or prepared synthetically, is converted …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
L-DOPA — (ˈ)elˈdōpə noun Usage: usually capitalized L Etymology: l- + dopa : the levorotatory form of dopa that is obtained especially …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
L-DOPA — noun Date: 1939 : the levorotatory form of dopa that is obtained especially from broad beans or prepared synthetically, is …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
L-DOPA — ■ noun Biochemistry see dopa .
Concise Oxford English vocab
L-DOPA — [L-do.pa] n (1939): the levorotatory form of dopa that is obtained esp. from broad beans or prepared synthetically, stimulates the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
L-DOPA — L-dopa, L-Dopa BrE AmE ˌel ˈdəʊp ə AmE \ -ˈdoʊp ə
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LEVODOPA — noun Date: 1969 L-dopa
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DOPAMINE — noun Etymology: dopa + amine Date: 1959 a monoamine C 8 H 11 NO 2 that is a decarboxylated form …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEVODOPA — or L-dopa Organic compound (L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine) from which the body makes dopamine , a neurotransmitter deficient in persons with parkinsonism . …
Английский словарь Британика
DOPAMINE — ˈdōpəˌmēn, -_mə̇n noun Etymology: blend of dopa and amine : a monoamine C 8 H 11 NO 2 that is …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE — "ˌ noun Etymology: dihydroxy- + phenylalanine 1. : dopa 2. : l-dopa herein
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEVODOPA — /lee'veuh doh"peuh/ , n. Pharm. a synthetic substance, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , that is converted in the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOPAMINE — /doh"peuh meen'/ , n. 1. Biochem. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOPAMINE — noun Etymology: dopa + amine Date: 1959 : a monoamine C 8 H 11 NO 2 that is a decarboxylated …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOPAMINE — [do.pa.mine] n [dopa + amine] (1959): a monoamine that is a decarboxylated form of dopa and that occurs esp. as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CATECHOLAMINE — any of various naturally occurring amines that function as neurotransmitters and hormones within the body. Catecholamines are characterized by a …
Britannica English vocabulary
YEAR IN REVIEW 2001: NOBEL-PRIZES — Prize for Chemistry It was once common knowledge that plastics-polymeric materials that can be molded or shaped-are fundamentally different from …
Britannica English vocabulary
FAVISM — A condition characterized by hemolytic anemia (breakup of red blood cells) after eating fava beans (Vicia fava) or being exposed …
English Dictionary of Medicine

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