BENDOPA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bendopa mean? 

• BENDOPA (noun)
  The noun BENDOPA has 1 sense:

1. the levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease

  Familiarity information: BENDOPA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BENDOPA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

Bendopa; Brocadopa; L-dopa; Larodopa; levodopa

Hypernyms ("Bendopa" is a kind of...):

dihydroxyphenylalanine; dopa (amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain)

Domain usage:

trade name (a name given to a product or service)