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noun a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypo
originFrom DOPA (“dihydroxyphenylalanine”) + -amine. Unrelated to dope.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0