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dopamine - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

dopamine (countable and uncountable, plural dopamines)

• (biochemistry, pharmacology) A monoamine C${}_8$ H${}_{11}$ NO${}_2$ that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.
  • ✤ Synonym: DA (initialism)
  • ✤ Hypernyms: catecholamine, phenethylamine
  • ✤ Epinephrine and dopamine are two other catecholamine transmitters.¹
  • ✤ “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.”²

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdəʊ.pə.miːn/

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• (General American) IPA: /ˈdoʊ.pəˌmin/
• Audio (US): 🔊

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Footnotes

1. 1988, Lubert Stryer, Biochemistry, 3rd edition, page 1025: ↩

2. 2017 December 12, Amy B Wang, “Former Facebook VP says social media is destroying society with ‘dopamine-driven feedback loops’”, in The Washington Post ‎${}^{[1]}$: ↩

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