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L-DOPA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does L-dopa mean? 

L-DOPA (noun)
  The noun L-DOPA has 1 sense:

1. the levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's diseaseplay

  Familiarity information: L-DOPA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


L-DOPA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

Bendopa; Brocadopa; L-dopa; Larodopa; levodopa

Hypernyms ("L-dopa" is a kind of...):

dihydroxyphenylalanine; dopa (amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain)


 Context examples 


D-Phenylalanine is converted into tyrosine and tyrosine in turn is converted into L-dopa, norepinephrine, and epinephrine, three key neurotransmitters.

(D-Phenylalanine, NCI Thesaurus)



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