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monoamine oxidase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables
monoamine ox-i-dase
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two enzymes, found in the outer membrane of mitochondria, that degrade biogenic amines and are thus responsible for the destruction of transmitter substances at neuronal synapses.

Inflected Forms

monoamine oxidases (plural) MAO (abbreviation)

Synonyms

mao

Questions

What does monoamine oxidase mean?
Either of two enzymes, found in the outer membrane of mitochondria, that degrade biogenic amines and are thus responsible for the destruction of transmitter substances at neuronal synapses.

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