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may⋅o

[mey-oh]
–noun Informal.
mayonnaise.

Origin:
by shortening; cf. -o

May⋅o

[mey-oh]
–noun
1. Charles Horace, 1865–1939, and his brother William James, 1861–1939, U.S. surgeons.
2. a county in NW Connaught province, in the NW Republic of Ireland. 114,548; 2084 sq. mi. (5400 sq. km). County seat: Castlebar.
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may·o   (mā'ō)   
n.   Informal
Mayonnaise.
Ma·yo   (mā'ō)   
American surgeon who with his brother Charles Horace Mayo (1865-1939) founded the Mayo Clinic, a renowned private medical center in Rochester, Minnesota.
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Slang Dictionary
mayo [ˈmeo]

  1. n.
    mayonnaise. : I'll take both mayo and mustard, thank you.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Medical Dictionary

Mayo Ma·yo (mā'ō), William James. 1861-1939.

American surgeon who with his brother Charles Horace Mayo (1865-1939) founded the Mayo Clinic, a renowned medical center in Rochester, Minnesota.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
mayo
mayonnaise
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Mayo

Indian people centred in southern Sonora and northern Sinaloa states on the west coast of Mexico. They speak a dialect of the Cahita language, which belongs to the Uto-Aztecan language family.

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