"MAOI" meaning in All languages combined

See MAOI on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: MAOIs [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪ Head templates: {{en-noun}} MAOI (plural MAOIs)
  1. (pharmacology) Initialism of monoamine oxidase inhibitor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: monoamine oxidase inhibitor Related terms: MAO

Inflected forms

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