| monopathy | 1. A single uncomplicated disease. 2. A local disease affecting only one organ or part. Origin: mono-+ G. Pathos, suffering (05 Mar 2000) |
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| monopenia | Diminution in the number of monocytes in the circulating blood. Synonym: monocytic leukopenia, monopenia. Origin: mono-+ G. Kytos, cell, + penia, poverty (05 Mar 2000) |
| monopetalous | <botany> Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous. The most recent authors restrict this form to flowers having a solitary petal, as in species of Amorpha, and use gamopetalous for a corolla of several petals combined into one piece. Origin: Mono- + petal: cf. F. Monopetale. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monophagism | Habitual eating of but one kind of food or but one meal a day when the latter is clearly an aberration. Origin: mono-+ G. Phago, to eat (05 Mar 2000) |
| monophasia | Inability to speak other than a single word or sentence. Origin: mono-+ G. Phasis, speech (05 Mar 2000) |
| monophasic | 1. Marked by monophasia. 2. Occurring in or characterised by only one phase or stage. 3. Fluctuating from the baseline in one direction only. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monophasic complex | A complex in the electrocardiogram that is entirely negative or entirely positive. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monophenol monooxygenase | <enzyme> An enzyme of the oxidoreductase class that catalyses the reaction between l-tyrosine, l-dopa, and oxygen to yield l-dopa, dopaquinone, and water. It is a copper protein that acts also on catechols, catalyzing some of the same reactions as catechol oxidase. Chemical name: Monophenol,L-dopa:oxygen oxidoreductase Registry number: EC 1.14.18.1 (12 Dec 1998) |
| monophenol oxidase | <enzyme> An enzyme of the oxidoreductase class that catalyses the reaction between l-tyrosine, l-dopa, and oxygen to yield l-dopa, dopaquinone, and water. It is a copper protein that acts also on catechols, catalyzing some of the same reactions as catechol oxidase. Chemical name: Monophenol,L-dopa:oxygen oxidoreductase Registry number: EC 1.14.18.1 (12 Dec 1998) |
| monophobia | <psychology> Morbid fear of solitude or of being left alone. Origin: mono-+ G. Phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000) |
| monophthalmos | Failure of outgrowth of a primary optic vesicle with absence of ocular tissues; the remaining eye is often maldeveloped. Origin: mono-+ G. Ophthalmos, eye (05 Mar 2000) |
| monophthalmus | Synonym: cyclops. Origin: mono-+ G. Ophthalmos, eye (05 Mar 2000) |
| monophthong | 1. A single uncompounded vowel sound. 2. A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one; a digraph. Origin: Gr. With one sound; alone + sound, voice. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monophthongal | Consisting of, or pertaining to, a monophthong. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monophyletic | Derived from a single ancestral line. Compare: polyphyletic. (09 Oct 1997) |