Monoamine

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mÉ’nəʊˈeɪmiːn/

Origin

From mono- + amine.

Full definition of monoamine

Noun

1. (chemistry, biochemistry) Any compound having a single amino functional group, especially a neurotransmitter.
• 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 167:Dopamine and norepinephrine are so-called monoamines.
• 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2001, p. 55:The first effective drugs used to treat clinical depression were compounds that act by enhancing the activity of chemicals known as monoamines in the brain.