dopamine
/ˈdəʊ.pə.miːn//ˈdoʊ.pəˌmin/
dopamine noun: a monoamine C₈H₁₁NO₂ that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.
Noun
dopamine (countable and uncountable, plural dopamines)
- A monoamine C₈H₁₁NO₂ that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.
- Epinephrine and dopamine are two other catecholamine transmitters.1988, Lubert Stryer, Biochemistry, 3rd edition, page 1025
- “The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops that we have created are destroying how society works: no civil discourse, no cooperation, misinformation, mistruth. And it’s not an American problem. This is not about Russian ads. This is a global problem.”2017 December 12, Amy B Wang, “Former Facebook VP says social media is destroying society with ‘dopamine-driven feedback loops’”, in The Washington Post
- Synonyms:
- DA
dopamine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
dopamine in Hindi
- डोपामाइन, डोपामिन
dopamine in Tamil
- டோப்பமைன், டோப்பமின்
dopamine in Marathi
- neurotransmitter
- डोपामिन ḍopāmin
dopamine in Urdu
- ڈوپامائن, ڈوپامین, ڈوپیمین
More languagesFewer languages
- dopamine in Bengali
- ডোপামিন ḍōpamin
- dopamine in Telugu
- డోపామైన్, డోపమైన్, డోపామిన్
- dopamine in Malayalam
- ഡോപാമിൻ ḍōpāmiṉ
- dopamine in Kannada
- ಡೋಪಮೈನ್, ಡೋಪಾಮೈನ್, ಡೋಪಾಮಿನ್
- dopamine in Punjabi
- ਡੋਪਾਮਾਇਨ ḍopāmāina
- dopamine in Gujarati
- ડોપામાઇન, ડોપામાઈન, ડોપેમાઇન
- dopamine in Odia
- ଡୋପାମିନ୍ ḍopāmin
- dopamine in Nepali
- डोपामाइन, डोपामिन
- dopamine in Tagalog
- dopamino
- dopamine in Arabic
- دُوبَامِين dūbāmīn
- dopamine in Malay
- dopamin
- dopamine in Indonesian
- dopamin
- dopamine in Persian
- دوپامین
- dopamine in Thai
- โดพามีน doo-paa-miin, โดปามีน doo-bpaa-miin
- Dhivehi
- ޑޯޕަމީން ḍōpamīn̊
Examples of dopamine in a sentence
- “The mesocortical, mesolimbic, and nigrostriatal dopamine pathways are what the call the reward pathways, all right?
- This effect was present in the hypodopaminergic state and could partially be restored by dopamine repletion.
- And the phrase ‘dopamine dressing’ has become a popular fashion phrase to describe clothes that make us feel happy.
Synonyms of dopamine
Forms of dopamine
| plural | dopamines |
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Origin of dopamine
From DOPA (“dihydroxyphenylalanine”) + -amine. Etymologically unrelated to dope.
Words formed from dopamine
Questions about dopamine
- What does dopamine mean?
- Dopamine means a monoamine C₈H₁₁NO₂ that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.
- What is dopamine in Hindi?
- Dopamine in Hindi is डोपामाइन, डोपामिन. See Dopamine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dopamine?
- Dopamine is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dopamine?
- Dopamine is pronounced /ˈdəʊ.pə.miːn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dopamine?
- The plural of dopamine is dopamines.
Words near dopamine in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dopamine (page history and authors); dopamine (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dopamine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dopamine (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dopamine (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dopamine (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dopamine (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dopamine (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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