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dopa

American

[doh-puh] / ˈdoʊ pə /

noun

Biochemistry.

an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.

dopa British

/ ˈdəʊpə /

noun

See L-dopa

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Etymology

Origin of dopa

< German Dopa (1917), contraction of 3, 4- Dioxyphenylanin; see di- ¹, oxy- ², phenylalanine

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