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Dopa

Definition: Dopa

Dopa

Noun

1. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Dopa" is a common misspelling or typo for: dope, doped, doper, dopey, dupe.


Specialty Definition: Dopa

DomainDefinition

Health

The racemic or DL form of DOPA, an amino acid found in various legumes. The dextro form has little physiologic activity but the levo form (levodopa) is a very important physiologic mediator and precursor and pharmacological agent. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Dopa

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

DOPA

EnglishDynamic Output Printer AnalyserComputing, Publishing & Graphic Arts

DOPA

FrenchDihydroxy-3,4 phénylChemistry

DOPA

Greek3,4-διϋδροξυφαινύλιο άλφα-αλανίνηChemistry

DOPA

SwedishDopaN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Dopa

Synonym: dihydroxyphenylalanine (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Dopa

English words defined with "dopa": Bendopa, BrocadopaLarodopa, L-dopa, levodopa. (references)
Specialty definitions using "dopa": Aromatic-L-Amino-Acid DecarboxylasesBenserazideCarbidopaDopa Decarboxylase. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Dopa" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Swedish (dope).

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Commercial Usage: Dopa

DomainTitle

Books

  • Pathogenic Problems of Phenolase Enzymatic Oxidation of Catecholamines and Dopa in Humans (reference)

  • Treatment of Parkinsonism: The Role of Dopa Decarboxylase Inhibitors (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Dopa

"Dopa" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dopa" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Dopa

Expressions using "dopa": alpha methyl dopa Dopa Decarboxylase. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "dopa": L-dopa.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dopa

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dopa

98

l dopa

54

dopa dystonia responsive

8

dopa l supplement

4

alpha dopa

4

el dopa

3

dopa bean

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Dopa

Language Translations for "dopa"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)alanin (dihydroxyphenylalanine). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

dihydroxy-phenylalamine (dihydroxyphenylalanine). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

dihydroksyfenyylialaniini (C9H11NO4, dihydroxyphenylalanine). (various references)

   

French

  

dioxyphénylalanine, dihydroxyphénylalanine, dihydroxy-3,4 phényl, C9H11NO4, alpha-alanine. (various references)

   

German

  

Dopa (C9H11NO4, dihydroxyphenylalanine), Dihydroxyphenylalanin (C9H11NO4, dihydroxyphenylalanine). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

διϋδροξυφαινυλαλανίνη (C9H11NO4, dihydroxyphenylalanine), 3,4-διϋδροξυφαινύλιο άλφα-αλανίνη (C9H11NO4, dihydroxyphenylalanine). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

opaday

   

Portuguese

  

reacção dapo (Bloch Dopa reaction). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

dopa (C9H11NO4, dihydroxyphenylalanine), 3,4-dihidroxifenilalanina (C9H11NO4, dihydroxyphenylalanine). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

dopa (dope). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Dopa

Derivations

Words beginning with "dopa": dopamine, dopaminergic, dopamines, dopant, dopants, dopas. (additional references)

Words ending with "dopa": levodopa, methyldopa. (additional references)

Words containing "dopa": endoparasite, endoparasites, endoparasitic, endoparasitism, endoparasitisms, levodopas, methyldopas, pseudoparenchyma, pseudoparenchymas, pseudoparenchymata, pseudoparenchymatous. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Dopa

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: apod.

Words within the letters "a-d-o-p"

-1 letter: ado, dap, pad, pod.

-2 letters: ad, do, od, op, pa.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-o-p"
 

+1 letter: adopt, apods, dopas, pagod, podia, spado.

 

+2 letters: adopts, apodal, dognap, dopant, lapdog, padouk, pagoda, pagods, pardon, parody, pedalo, pomade, posada, soaped, upload.

 

+3 letters: adaptor, adipose, adipous, adopted, adoptee, adopter, airdrop, apodous, apposed, aproned, coapted, dalapon, dapsone, dashpot, decapod, deposal, diploma, dipnoan, dipolar, dognaps, dopants, eardrop, footpad, galoped, haploid, hardtop, hexapod, hophead, hoptoad, jeopard, lapdogs, leopard, megapod, nonpaid, notepad, oedipal, opaqued, operand, opiated, oppidan, paddock, padlock, padouks, padrone, padroni, pagodas, pandoor, pandora, pandore, pandour, parador, parados, paradox, pardons, parodic, parodoi, parodos, paroled, parotid, passado, payload, peascod, pedagog, pedalos, pedocal, picador, pintado, placoid, plafond, poached, pochard, podagra, podesta, polkaed, pollard, pomaded, pomades, poniard, posadas, pothead, poulard, poundal, proband, readopt, roadmap, sapwood, sparoid, tadpole, uphoard, uploads, vapored.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Dopa


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 6F 70 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    ---    .--.    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01101111 01110000 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#111 &#112 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 006F 0070 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

38818267

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Abbreviations
10. Acronyms
11. Derivations
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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