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MAO

American  
  1. monoamine oxidase.


MAO British  

abbreviation

  1. monoamine oxidase

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“I like foreign fans because I like hearing their chants,” MAO explains.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2023

“Shortly thereafter, we resigned our board positions and notified MAO that we were terminating our relationship with them.”

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2017

"Shortly thereafter, we resigned our board positions and notified MAO that we were terminating our relationship with them."

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2017

A problem that MAO has in raising scholarship money is that it cannot receive tax deductible contributions.

From Forbes • Sep. 26, 2014

Desperate, Cavett checked into a hospital, where for five weeks he was protected from himself while a seemingly mild but potent drug called an MAO inhibitor took effect.

From Time Magazine Archive

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