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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

do•pa n. [Biochem.]

Biochemistryan amino acid, C₉H₁₁NO₄, formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine. Cf. levodopa.

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

'dopa' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

L-dopa - dihydroxyphenylalanine - dopamine - levodopa - methyldopa - pseudopagan - pseudopapal - pseudopatriotic - pseudopatriotically

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