monoamine oxidase

1. 1.

   an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin)

   SynonymsMAO

   Broaderenzyme

Questions about monoamine oxidase

What does monoamine oxidase mean?

monoamine oxidase means "an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin)".

What is another word for monoamine oxidase?

Close synonyms include MAO. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is monoamine oxidase a common word?

monoamine oxidase is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.