MAO

Definitions: MAO

MAO

Noun

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

2. Chinese communist leader (1893-1976).

Domain	Definitions
Computing	MAO An early symbolic mathematics system. [A. Rom, Celest Mech 1:309-319 (1969)]. (1995-02-10). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
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The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
MAO	Dutch	Monoamine oxydase	Chemistry
MAO	English	Maximum acid output	N/A
MAO	French	Mono-amino-oxydase	Chemistry
MAO	German	Monoamin-Oxydase	Chemistry
MAO	Italian	Monoamminossidasi	Chemistry
MAO	Spanish	Monoaminooxidosa	Chemistry
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: MAO

Synonym: monoamine oxidase (n). (additional references)

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Mio Mao (1970)

Cha li zhuo mao ji (1969)

Yi mao qian (1964)

Duo qing de ye mao (1960)

Ji ling gui yu xiao lai mao (1959)

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Domain	Title
Books	Mao Zedong (Penguin Lives) (reference) (more book examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Don't be like DeGaulle and Mao!.Credit: Library of Congress.		The bitter tea of Mr. Mao / Gib Crockett.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Mao Zedong and wife Qing Jiang, full-length portrait, standing, facing each other.Credit: Library of Congress.		Chairman Mao Tse-tung casts his vote on December 8, 1953, in the elections for the people's congress of the Hsitan District, Peking.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Chairman Mao is the reddest, reddest sun in our heart.Credit: Library of Congress.		We wish Chairman Mao a long life.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Win glory for our great leader Chairman Mao, win glory for our great socialist homeland.Credit: Library of Congress.		Long live Chairman Mao : a great teacher, great leader, great commander, and great helmsman.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Always follow the Communist Party, always follow Chairman Mao.Credit: Library of Congress.		Mao Tse-Tung.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Mao Tse-tung	Every Communist must grasp the truth: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."
	The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy camps, we harass; the enemy tires, we attack; the enemy retreats, we pursue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Antidepressants called MAO inhibitors also prevent migraine. (references)
		People with chronic muscle-contraction headaches my also be helped by taking antidepressants or MAO inhibitors. (references)
		The benefits of MAO inhibitors include, as with the tricyclics, an antidepressant effect and a low risk of dependence. (references)
Business		During the "Long March," the Communists reorganized under a new leader, Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung). (references)
		By the late 1970s coverage approached 100%. However, when the agricultural cooperatives of the Mao era were dissolved in the early 1980s, the effectiveness and reach of coverage also rapidly declined. (references)
Civil Liberties	Kenya	A number of publications remained banned, including such works as "The Quotations of Chairman Mao Zedong" and Salman Rushdie's "Satanic Verses." Sedition is not a ground for censorship of publications; however, the Prohibited Publications Review Board reviews publication bans. (references)
Economic History	China	In Beijing, on October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China. (references)
	Mozambique	Public Affairs Office/Martin Luther King Library--542 Avenida Mao Tse Tung; Tel: (258-1) 49-19-16; Fax: (258-1) 49-19-18. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"MAO" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.69% of the time. "MAO" is used about 324 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	99.69%	323	16,021
Noun (singular)	0.31%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	324	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "MAO" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Mao	First name Female	1,000	3,550
Mao	Last name	1,000	15,422
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "MAO": Mao jacket ♦ Mao Tsetung ♦ Mao Zedong. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "MAO": Mao-b, mao-ist, mao-style, mao-suited, Mao-tse-tung.
	Ending with "MAO": Marxism-leninism-mao, post-mao.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "MAO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		毛. (various references)

French		inhibiteur de la mono-amine-oxydase (MAOI, MAO-inhibitor), inhibiteur de la monoamine oxydase (MAOI, MAO-inhibitor), IMAO (MAOI, MAO-inhibitor). (various references)

German		Monoaminoxydasehemmstoff (MAOI, MAO-inhibitor, monoamine oxidase inhibitor), Inhibitor der Monoaminoxydase (MAOI, MAO-inhibitor, monoamine oxidase inhibitor), IMAO (MAOI, MAO-inhibitor, monoamine oxidase inhibitor). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		毛沢東主席 (Chairman Mao Zedong). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		もうたくとうしゅせき (Chairman Mao Zedong). (various references)

Pig Latin		aomay

Thai		รัฐบุรุษเหมาเซตุงของประเทศจีน (Mao Tse-tung, Mao Zedong). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"MAO" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amoo, Iao, Madok, Majo, Makoff, Mamoh, Mamou, maop, Maos, Maowm, mapo, Maqo, Masoz, mavo, Mazoh, Mdo, Meho, Mevo, Miao, Miaou, Mieo, Miou, Mizo, Mmoo, Mofo, Mso, Umaa, Xmai. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: moa.
	Words within the letters "a-m-o"
	-1 letter: am, ma, mo, om.
	Words containing the letters "a-m-o"
	+1 letter: ambo, ammo, amok, atom, coma, foam, loam, mako, mano, mayo, moan, moas, moat, mola, mora, moxa, noma, ogam, roam, soma.
	+2 letters: abmho, abohm, aboma, alamo, ambos, amido, amigo, amino, ammos, amnio, amoks, amole, among, amort, amour, anomy, armor, aroma, atoms, atomy, axiom, cameo, campo, carom, comae, comal, comas, comma, dogma, dolma, domal, douma, foams, foamy, foram, gloam, imago, joram, loams, loamy, macho, macon, macro, magot, mahoe, major, makos, mambo, mango, manor, manos, mason, matzo, mayor, mayos, miaou, miaow, moans, moats, mocha, modal, moira, molal, molar, molas, momma, monad, monas, moola, morae, moral, moras, moray, moxas, myoma, nomad, nomas, oakum, ogams, ogham, omasa, omega, roams, roman, sambo, somas, stoma, toman, whamo, woman.
	+3 letters: abloom, abmhos, abohms, abomas, akimbo, alamos, almond, almost, amadou, amatol, amazon, amidol, amigos, ammino, ammono, amnion, amnios, amoeba, amoles, amoral, amount, amours, anomic, anomie, anonym, aplomb, armors, armory, armour, aromas, atomic, awmous, axioms, bamboo, bayamo, bemoan, bombax, bowman, bromal, caeoma, cameos, camion, campos, caroms, carrom, chroma, clamor, comade, comake, comate, combat, commas, copalm, cowman, crambo, daemon, daimio, daimon, daimyo, damson, defoam, diatom, dogmas, dolman, dolmas, domain, doumas, dynamo, enamor, famous, fandom, fantom, fathom, femora, foamed, foamer, foeman, forams, formal, format, gambol, gammon, glamor, glioma, gloams, goddam, hansom, haymow, homage, imagos, jorams, lipoma, loamed, logjam, macaco, machos, macons, macron, macros, maduro, maggot, magots, mahoes, mahout, mahzor, majors, mallow, maloti, maltol, mambos, mammon, mangos, manioc, manito, manors, marmot, maroon, marron, marrow, mascon, mascot, masons, matron, matzoh, matzos, matzot, mayors, maypop, meadow, miaous, miaows, mikado, mimosa, moaned, moaner, moated, mobcap, mochas, modica, mohair, moirai, molars, mollah, mommas, monads, moolah, moolas, morale, morals, morass, morays, morgan, mortal, mortar, morula, mosaic, moshav, mucosa, myomas, myopia, myxoma, nomads, nomina, nonman, normal, oakums, oedema, oghams, ohmage, oilman, omasum, omegas, omenta, oogamy, oomiac, oomiak, oompah, optima, orgasm, outman, paramo, pomace, pomade, potman, radome, ramose, ramous, ramrod, ramson, random, ransom, remora, roamed, roamer, rodman, romano, romans, salmon, sambos, samosa, shalom, shamos, shamoy, slalom, smalto, socman, somata, stomal, stomas, stroma, tampon, tomans, tomato, tombac, tombak, tombal, tomcat, vagrom, vamose, varoom, vomica, wadmol, whammo, womans, wombat, womera, yeoman, zygoma.
	+4 letters: abdomen, abomasa, abomasi, aciform, acromia, acronym, adenoma, aftmost, agamous, agnomen, alamode, aliform, alimony, allonym, almonds, almoner, almonry, alodium, amadous, amatols, amatory, amazons, amboina, ambones, amboyna, ambroid, ameboid, amidols, amidone, ammonal, ammonia, ammonic, amnions, amniote, amoebae, amoeban, amoebas, amoebic, amongst, amorini, amorino, amorist, amoroso, amorous, amosite, amotion, amounts, amphora, ampoule, amyloid, amylose, anatomy, anemone, angioma, animato, anomaly, anomies, anonyms, anosmia, anosmic, antonym, anymore, aplombs, apogamy, apomict, apothem, armhole, armload, armlock, armoire, armored, armorer, armours, armoury, atemoya, atomics, atomies, atomise, atomism, atomist, atomize, ausform, automan, automen, awesome, axoneme, bagworm, bambino, bamboos, barroom, bayamos, bazooms, bemoans, bimodal, biomass, boatman, boatmen, bogyman, bohemia, bombard, bombast, bondman, bookman, bromals, bromate, bumboat, cabomba, caeomas, calomel, cameoed, camions, camorra, camphol, camphor, campion, campong, caromed, carroms, cembalo, chamiso, chamois, chamoix, chromas, clamors, clamour, coadmit, coaming, cocomat, cocoyam, comaker, comakes, comates, comatic, comatik, combats, comical, comitia, command, commata, compact, company, compare, compart, compass, comrade, copalms, coremia, crambos, crampon, czardom, daemons, daimios, daimons, daimyos, damosel, damozel, damsons, dayroom, defoams, demagog, diamond, diatoms, diorama, diploma, dogmata, dolmans, domains, domical, doorman, doormat, dormant, dynamos, earldom, earworm, embargo, emporia, enamors, enamour, encomia, exogamy, fandoms, fantoms, fathoms, femoral, fibroma, flotsam, foamers, foamier, foamily, foaming, footman, foramen, forearm, foreman, formals, formant, formate, formats, formula, frogman, fromage, gambado, gamboge, gambols, gammons, glamors, glamour, gliomas, glomera, goddamn, goddams, gomeral, goodman, goombah, goombay, gormand, gourami, grogram, haemoid, halidom, hambone, hammock, hansoms, harmony, haymows, hemagog, hemiola, hogmane, homaged, homager, homages, humoral, imagoes, immoral, impasto, ipomoea, isogamy, isogram, jarldom, jobname, kampong, komatik, lampion, lampoon, leucoma, leukoma, limacon, lipomas, loamier, loaming, lockram, logjams, lomenta, lordoma, lumbago, macacos, machzor, macrons, madonna, madrona, madrone, madrono, maduros, madwort, madzoon, maestro, mafiosi, mafioso, maggots, maggoty, magneto, mahjong, mahonia, mahouts, mahzors, mailbox, maillot, maintop, majored, majorly, malison, mallows, malodor, maltols, maltose, mamboed, mamboes, mammock, mammons, mammoth, mandola, mangoes, mangold, manhole, manhood, manihot, manioca, maniocs, manitos, manitou, mannose, manrope, mansion, marabou, marcato, marengo, markhor, marmots, maroons, marplot, marrano, marrons, marrows, marrowy, mascons, mascots, masoned, masonic, masonry, mastoid, matador, matelot, matrons, mattock, mattoid, matzohs, matzoon, matzoth, mayoral, maypole, maypops, meadows, meadowy, megapod, megaton, melodia, menazon, menorah, meropia, metazoa, metopae, miaoued, miaowed, mikados, mimosas, minorca, mirador, moaners, moanful, moaning, moating, mobcaps, mochila, modally, modular, mohairs, mohalim, mojarra, mollahs, momenta, monacid, monadal, monades, monadic, monarch, monarda, monaxon, moneran, montage, montane, moolahs, moorage, moraine, morales, morally, morassy, morceau, mordant, morgans, morphia, mortals, mortars, mortary, morulae, morular, morulas, mosaics, moulage, movable, movably, moviola, mozetta, mucosae, mucosal, mucosas, mulatto, myeloma, myomata, myopias, myxomas, neuroma, nomadic, nomarch, nominal, nonfarm, nongame, nonmeat, normals, noumena, oakmoss, oarsman, oarsmen, oatmeal, oedemas, offramp, oghamic, ohmages, oilcamp, omental, omphali, onanism, oomiack, oomiacs, oomiaks, oompahs, optimal, oralism, organum, orgasms, origami, osmatic, osmolal, osmolar, osmunda, osteoma, ostmark, ottoman, outbeam, outmans, outswam, overarm, overman, oxymora, pampero, pantoum, paramos, paronym, phantom, plasmon, plowman, polyoma, pomaces, pomaded, pomades, pomatum, pompano, postman, potamic, program, propman, prosoma, psammon, ptomain, quondam, radomes, rampion, rampole, ramrods, ramsons, randoms, ransoms, remoras, removal, rhabdom, rhizoma, roadmap, roamers, roaming, rodsman, romaine, romance, romanos, romaunt, salmons, samosas, samovar, samoyed, sarcoma, scotoma, sfumato, shahdom, shaloms, shammos, shamois, shamoys, shampoo, shopman, showman, sjambok, slaloms, smaltos, snowman, sockman, sokeman, solanum, somatic, someday, someway, somital, stardom, stomach, stomata, stomate, stromal, subatom, tamarao, tambour, tampion, tampons, taproom, tearoom, telamon, teraohm, timpano, tinamou, tokamak, tokomak, tollman, tomback, tombacs, tombaks, tombola, tomcats, tomenta, tonearm, tongman, topmast, toxemia, transom, tritoma, tsardom, tumoral, twasome, tympano, tzardom, umbonal, unmacho, unmoral, vamoose, vamosed, vamoses, varooms, vomicae, wadmoll, wadmols, wagsome, wamefou, waxworm, wolfram, womaned, womanly, wombats, womeras, wommera, woodman, woolman, woomera, workman, zamarro, zoarium, zygomas, zymosan.
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