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dopamine

dopamine

noun do-pah-MEEN Rare

Usage Note

Dopamine is used in French in the same neuroscience and popular-science contexts as in English. The phrase pic de dopamine ('dopamine spike') appears frequently in wellness and psychology writing. It is feminine: une dopamine.

Examples

"La dopamine régule le plaisir."

Natural Translation

Dopamine regulates pleasure.

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