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levodopa
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun levodopa has 1 sense
- levodopa(n = noun.substance) bendopa, brocadopa, l-dopa, larodopa - the levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease; Array is a kind of dihydroxyphenylalanine, dopa
CIDE DICTIONARY
levodopa, a. [Levo- + DOPA, dihydroxyphenylalanine.].
A substance used as a therapy for Parkinson's Disease; the L form of Dopa; L-dihydroxyphenylalanine; L-hydroxytyrosine (C9H11NO4 ); also called L-dopa . In the body it is converted by the enzyme dopa-decarboxylase into dopamine , the form in which it is active in the brain, affecting neural impulse transmission. [PJC]
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