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dopamine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdəʊ.pə.miːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdoʊ.pəˌmin/ (General-American)
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Etymology

From DOPA (“dihydroxyphenylalanine”) + -amine. Etymologically unrelated to dope.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
   • “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:
   • Epinephrine and dopamine are two other catecholamine transmitters. 1988, Lubert Stryer, Biochemistry, 3rd edition, page 1025:

Forms

Deriveds

hyperdopamine · hydroxydopamine · polydopamine · dopaminergic · fenoldopam · dopaminelike · dobutamine · dopamine dressing · -dopa · dopaminoceptive · dopaminal · -opamine

Descendants

โดพามีน · dopamin · dopamina · dopaimín · dopamin · 도파민 · dopamina · dopamina · ドーパミン

Hypernyms

phenethylamine · catecholamine

Relateds

norepinephrine

Synonyms

DA

Translations (60)

sh допа̀мӣн (neurotransmitter) · th โดพามีน (neurotransmitter) · pl dopamina (neurotransmitter) · dv ޑޯޕަމީން (neurotransmitter) · pt dopamina (neurotransmitter) · be дафамін (neurotransmitter) · et dopamiin (neurotransmitter) · fr dopamine (neurotransmitter) · ga dopaimín (neurotransmitter) · da dopamin (neurotransmitter) · ar دُوبَامِين (neurotransmitter) · cs dopamin (neurotransmitter) · sv dopamin (neurotransmitter) · fa دوپامین (neurotransmitter) · or ଡୋପାମିନ୍ (neurotransmitter) · id dopamin (neurotransmitter) · yue 多巴胺 (neurotransmitter) · sh dopàmīn (neurotransmitter) · it dopamina (neurotransmitter) · ro dopamină (neurotransmitter) · tl dopamino (neurotransmitter) · ja ドーパミン (neurotransmitter) · ca dopamina (neurotransmitter) · tr dopamin (neurotransmitter) · he דּוֹפָּמִין (neurotransmitter) · oc dopamina (neurotransmitter) · hu dopamin (neurotransmitter) · es dopamina (neurotransmitter) · sl dopamin (neurotransmitter) · lv dofamīns (neurotransmitter) · fi dopamiini (neurotransmitter) · ms dopamin (neurotransmitter) · ru дофами́н (neurotransmitter) · ko 도파민 (neurotransmitter) · cmn 多巴胺 (neurotransmitter) · hy դոֆամին (neurotransmitter) · cy dopamin (neurotransmitter) · sk dopamín (neurotransmitter) · pa ਡੋਪਾਮਾਇਨ (neurotransmitter) · de Dopamin (neurotransmitter) · eo dopamino (neurotransmitter) · nn dopamin (neurotransmitter) · su dopamin (neurotransmitter) · nl dopamine (neurotransmitter) · mk допамин (neurotransmitter) · nb dopamin (neurotransmitter) · sw dopamini (neurotransmitter) · bn ডোপামিন (neurotransmitter) · el ντοπαμίνη (neurotransmitter) · ml ഡോപാമിൻ (neurotransmitter) · gl dopamina (neurotransmitter) · eu dopamina (neurotransmitter) · mr डोपामिन (neurotransmitter) · bg допамин (neurotransmitter) · uk дофамі́н (neurotransmitter) · ia dopamina (neurotransmitter) · lt dopaminas (neurotransmitter) · is dópamín (neurotransmitter) · az dopamin (neurotransmitter) · th โดปามีน (neurotransmitter)