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MAOI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate
Synonyms:
MAOI; monoamine oxidase inhibitor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("MAOI" is a kind of...):
antidepressant; antidepressant drug (any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "MAOI"):
iproclozide (an antidepressant drug that acts as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor)
isocarboxazid; Marplan (a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Marplan) that is used to treat clinical depression)
Nardil; phenelzine (monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Nardil) used to treat clinical depression)
tranylcypromine (an antidepressant drug that is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor; administered as a sulfate)
