Definitions for dopa

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dopa do·pa

Spelling: [doh-puh]

IPA: /ˈdoʊ pə/

Dopa is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in dopa (adop).

Definitions for dopa

noun

1. 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.

Origin of dopa

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