MAO Definition

emāō
abbreviation
Monoamine oxidase.
American Heritage Medicine
noun
An enzyme that deaminates monoamines: it destroys excessive amounts of many biologically active monoamines, as serotonin, epinephrine, or histamine.
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pronoun

A common surname​, from Mandarin, usually referring to Mao Zedong.

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Origin of MAO

  • From Mandarin 毛 (Máo).

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MAO Sentence Examples

  • Treatment with MAO inhibitors should never be halted abruptly, and should not be stopped without first consulting a physician.

  • As they died, they shouted, 'Communist Party, Chairman Mao, save us.'

  • Yang also quotes Mao as saying in a 1959 meeting, When there is not enough to eat, people starve to death.

  • In 1966, Mao Zedong closed the universities in China and sent their students and professors to the country to farm.

  • That was obviously a no-no, because this was a famous political slogan of former Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong.

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