Monoamine Oxidase

Definition: Monoamine Oxidase

Monoamine Oxidase

Noun

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

Specialty Definition: Monoamine Oxidase

Domain	Definition
Health	An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidative deamination of naturally occurring monoamines. It is a flavin-containing enzyme that is localized in mitochondrial membranes, whether in nerve terminals, the liver, or other organs. Monoamine oxidase is important in regulating the metabolic degradation of catecholamines and serotonin in neural or target tissues. Hepatic monoamine oxidase has a crucial defensive role in inactivating circulating monoamines or those, such as tyramine, that originate in the gut and are absorbed into the portal circulation. (From Goodman and Gilman's, The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed, p415) EC 1.4.3.4. (references)
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Synonym: Monoamine Oxidase

Synonym: MAO (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Monoamine Oxidase

English words defined with "monoamine oxidase": iproclozid, isocarboxazid ♦ MAOI, Marplan, monoamine oxidase inhibitor ♦ Nardil ♦ phenelzine ♦ tranylcypromine. (references)

Specialty definitions using "monoamine oxidase": Antidepressive Agents, Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation ♦ Benzylamine Oxidase ♦ Chlorphenamidine, Clorgyline, Cuprizone ♦ Dextroamphetamine ♦ Iproniazid ♦ Moclobemide, monoamine oxidase B, monoamine-oxidase inhibitor, Monocrotophos ♦ Pargyline ♦ Selegiline, Serotonin Syndrome. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Monoamine Oxidase

Domain	Title
Books	Monoamine oxidase : structure, function, and altered functions (reference) Monoamine Oxidase Enzymes: Review and Overview (Journal of Neural Transmission, Supplementum 23) (reference) Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors: The State of the Art (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Monoamine Oxidase

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Pharmacologic treatments include tricyclic antidepressants, monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, and high-potency benzodiazepines. (references)
		Priapism is treated with adrenergic agents, which can cause life-threatening hypertension in patients receiving monoamine oxidase inhibitors. (references)
		These drugs block an enzyme called monoamine oxidase which normally helps nerve cells absorb the artery-constricting brain chemical, serotonin. (references)
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Expressions: Monoamine Oxidase

Expressions using "monoamine oxidase": monoamine oxidase B ♦ monoamine oxidase inhibitor ♦ Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Monoamine Oxidase

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
monoamine oxidase inhibitor	72
monoamine oxidase	28
inhibitor monoamine oxidase reversible	3
monoamine oxidase inhibitor maoi	3
disorder inhibitor monoamine oxidase panic	2
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Modern Translation: Monoamine Oxidase

Language		Translations for "monoamine oxidase"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		monoamine oxydase, MAO. (various references)

French		mono-amino-oxydase, MAO (computer assisted modelling). (various references)

German		Monoamin-Oxydase, MAO. (various references)

Greek		αναστoλείς της μονοαμινικής οξυδάσης (MAOI, monoamine oxidase inhibitors), αναστολείς της MAO (MAOI, monoamine oxidase inhibitors). (various references)

Italian		monoamminossidasi, MAO. (various references)

Pig Latin		onoaminemay oxidaseay

Portuguese		inibidores da MAO (MAOI, monoamine oxidase inhibitors), I.M.A.O. (MAOI, monoamine oxidase inhibitors). (various references)

Spanish		monoaminooxidosa, MAO. (various references)
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Anagrams: Monoamine Oxidase

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-e-i-i-m-m-n-n-o-o-o-s-x"
	-4 letters: demonomanias.
	-5 letters: demonianism, demonomania.
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