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    MAOI

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     I. (noun) 

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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 accumulateplay

    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)

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