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levodopa

[lee-vuh-doh-puh]

noun Pharmacology.

a synthetic substance, C9H11NO4, that is converted in the brain to dopamine: used chiefly in the treatment of parkinsonism.

Origin of levodopa

First recorded in 1965–70; levo- + dopa

Also called L-dopa.

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British Dictionary definitions for levodopa

levodopa

noun

another name for L-dopa

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levodopa in Medicine

levodopa

[lē′və-dō′pə]

n.

L-dopa

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