MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monoamine oxidase inhibitor mean? 

• MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR (noun)
  The noun MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR 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: MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR (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 ("monoamine oxidase inhibitor" 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 "monoamine oxidase inhibitor"):

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 

Several monoamine oxidase inhibitors are useful as antidepressants apparently as a long-term consequence of their modulation of catecholamine levels.

(Antidepressant Agent, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Increased serotonin levels augment the antidepressant action of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and monoamine oxidase inhibitors.

(Pindolol, NCI Thesaurus)

A monoamine oxidase inhibitor is a type of antidepressant.

(Monoamine oxidase inhibitor, NCI Dictionary)

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)