MAOI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does MAOI mean? 

• MAOI (noun)
  The noun MAOI has 1 sense:

1. any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate

  Familiarity information: MAOI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAOI (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

MAOI; monoamine oxidase inhibitor

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)

 Context examples 

A synthetic derivative of phenylpiperazine and chemically unrelated to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, tricyclics, tetracyclics, or monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI), antidepressant Nefazadone Hydrochloride antagonizes central 5-HT2 receptors and inhibits reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine.

(Nefazodone Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)