carbidopa
English
/ˌkɑɹ.bəˈdoʊ.pə/
noun
Definitions
- (pharmaceutical drug) A drug CO that inhibits decarboxylation of ʟ-dopa in tissues outside the brain and that is administered with ʟ-dopa in the treatment of Parkinson's disease to increase the amount of ʟ-dopa available for transport to the brain.
Etymology
Affix from English decarboxylase + English inhibitor + English dopa.
Origin
English
dopa
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- angioinhibitor English
- codecarboxylase English
- coinhibitor English
- decarboxylase English
- dopa English
- dopamine English
- fluorodopa English
- inhibit English
- inhibitor English
- isoinhibitor English
- levodopa English
- methyldopa English
- neuroinhibitor English
- noninhibitor English
- ovoinhibitor English
- proinhibitor English
- sympathoinhibitor English
- vasoinhibitor English
- vigabatrin English
- ʟ-dopa English
- 多巴 Chinese