| monosperm | <botany> A monospermous plant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| monospermous | <botany> Having only one seed. Origin: Mono- + Gr. Seed: cf. F. Monosperme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monospermy | Fertilization by the entrance of only one spermatozoon into the egg. Origin: mono-+ G. Sperma, seed (05 Mar 2000) |
| Monosporium apiospermum | The imperfect state of the fungus Pseudallescheria boydii, one of the 16 species of true fungi that may cause mycetoma in humans. Synonym: Monosporium apiospermum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monostichous | <botany> Arranged in a single row on one side of an axis, as the flowers in grasses of the tribe Chloridae. See: Monostich. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Monostoma | Archaic name for a genus of trematodes, based on the presence of a single sucker. Origin: mono-+ G. Stoma, mouth (05 Mar 2000) |
| monostome | Common name for digenetic trematodes that possess a single sucker, oral or ventral, rather than both. See: Monostoma. Origin: mono-+ G. Stoma, mouth (05 Mar 2000) |
| monostotic | Involving only one bone. Origin: mono-+ G. Osteon, bone (05 Mar 2000) |
| monostotic fibrous dysplasia | Fibrous dysplasia of a single bone. Synonym: localised osteitis fibrosa, osteitis fibrosa circumscripta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monostratal | Composed of a single layer. Origin: mono-+ L. Stratum, layer (05 Mar 2000) |
| monosubstituted | In chemistry, denoting an element or radical, only one atom or unit of which is found in each molecule of a substitution compound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monosulphide | <chemistry> A sulphide containing one atom of sulphur, and analogous to a monoxide; contrasted with a polysulphide; as, galena is a monosulphide. Origin: Mono- + sulphide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monosulphuret | <chemistry> See Monosulphide. Origin: Mono- + sulphuret. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monosymmetrical | <chemistry> Same as Monoclinic. Origin: Mono- + symmetric, -ical. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monosymptomatic | Denoting a disease or morbid condition manifested by only one marked symptom. (05 Mar 2000) |