monoamine oxidase inhibitor

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsMAOI

   Broaderantidepressant

   Narroweriproclozideisocarboxazidphenelzinetranylcypromine

Questions about monoamine oxidase inhibitor

What does monoamine oxidase inhibitor mean?

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

What is another word for monoamine oxidase inhibitor?

Close synonyms include MAOI. 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 inhibitor a common word?

monoamine oxidase inhibitor 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.