methyldopa

Questions about methyldopa

What does methyldopa mean?

methyldopa means "antihypertensive drug (trade name Aldomet) used in the treatment of high blood pressure".

How many syllables are in methyldopa?

methyldopa has 4 syllables and divides as me-thyl-do-pa under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for methyldopa?

Close synonyms include alpha methyl dopa, Aldomet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is methyldopa a common word?

methyldopa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for methyldopa come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.