How Do You Spell MAOI?
The word "maoi" is a term used in pharmacology to refer to Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors, which are drugs used to treat depression and anxiety. The spelling of "maoi" reflects the acronym for this class of medications. In IPA phonetic transcription, it is pronounced as /ˈmeɪ.oʊ.aɪ/, with the stress on the first syllable. The phonetic transcription illustrates that the word is pronounced with two syllables and uses the combination of the letters "a", "o", and "i" to represent each of the letters in the acronym.