Ma·yo (m   ), William James 1861-1939. American surgeon who with his brother Charles Horace Mayo (1865-1939) founded the Mayo Clinic, a renowned private medical center in Rochester, Minnesota. |
| may·o (m) n. Informal Mayonnaise. |
Mayo [ˈmeɪəʊ]
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(Placename) a county of NW Republic of Ireland, in NW Connacht province, on the Atlantic: has many offshore islands and several large lakes. County town: Castlebar. Pop.: 111 524 (1996). Area: 5397 sq. km (2084 sq. miles)
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(Biographies / Mayo, X) a family of US medical practitioners. They pioneered group practice and established (1903) the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Foremost among them were William Worrall Mayo (1819-1911), his sons
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| Noun | 1. |  mayo - egg yolks and oil and vinegar dressing, salad dressing - savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type green mayonnaise, sauce verte - mayonnaise with tarragon or dill and chopped watercress and spinach or cucumber |
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mayo [ˈmeɪəʊ] n abbr (=mayonnaise) → mayo f >
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