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carbidopa

US/ˌkɑɹ.bɪˈdoʊ.pə/

carbidopa noun: a drug C₁₀H₁₄N₂O₄·H₂O that inhibits decarboxylation of ʟ-dopa in tissues outside the brain and that is administered with ʟ-dopa in the treatment of Parkinson's disease to increase the amount of ʟ-dopa available for transport to the brain.

carbidopa: a drug C₁₀H₁₄N₂O₄·H₂O that inhibits decarboxylation of ʟ-dopa in tissues outside the brain and that...
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Noun

carbidopa (uncountable)

  1. A drug C₁₀H₁₄N₂O₄·H₂O that inhibits decarboxylation of ʟ-dopa in tissues outside the brain and that is administered with ʟ-dopa in the treatment of Parkinson's disease to increase the amount of ʟ-dopa available for transport to the brain.

Origin of carbidopa

Probably from (de)carb(oxylase) + i(nhibitor) + -dopa (“dopamine derivative”).

Questions about carbidopa

What does carbidopa mean?
Carbidopa means a drug C₁₀H₁₄N₂O₄·H₂O that inhibits decarboxylation of ʟ-dopa in tissues outside the brain and that is administered with ʟ-dopa in the treatment of Parkinson's disease to increase the amount of ʟ-dopa available for transport to the brain.
What part of speech is carbidopa?
Carbidopa is a noun.
How do you pronounce carbidopa?
Carbidopa is pronounced /ˌkɑɹ.bɪˈdoʊ.pə/ (US).

Words near carbidopa in the dictionary

  1. carbide lamp
  2. carbide lamps
  3. carbide planet
  4. carbide planets
  5. carbides
  6. carbidopa
  7. carbies
  8. carbimazole
  9. carbimide
  10. Carbin
  11. carbinamine

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