n :  a drug C₁₀H₁₄N₂O₄·H₂O that inhibits decarboxylation of L-dopa in tissues outside the brain and that is administered with L-dopa in the treatment of Parkinson's disease to increase the amount of L-dopa available for transport to the brain .
 
 
 
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