MAOI

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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)