See also: dopá and döpa

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Shortened from dihydroxyphenylalanine.

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dopa (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) The amino acid dihydroxyphenylalanine that is generated in the liver from tyrosine and then converted into dopamine in the brain.

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dopa

  1. inflection of dopar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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dopa

  1. third-person singular past historic of doper

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔ.pa/
  • Rhymes: -ɔpa
  • Hyphenation: dò‧pa

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dopa

  1. inflection of dopare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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dopa

  1. inflection of dopar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Borrowed from French doper.

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a dopa (third-person singular present dopează, past participle dopat) 1st conj.

  1. (sports) to dope

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dopa

  1. inflection of dopar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Borrowed from English dope.

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dopa (present dopar, preterite dopade, supine dopat, imperative dopa)

  1. (sports) dope (use drugs to illicitly enhance performance)

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