| monocardian | <zoology> Having a single heart, as fishes and amphibians. An animal having a single heart. Origin: Mono- + Gr. Heart. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| monocarp | <botany> A monocarpic plant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monocarpellary | <botany> Consisting of a single carpel, as the fruit of the pea, cherry, and almond. Origin: Mono- + carpellary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monocarpic | <botany> Flowering and fruiting only once during its life span. (09 Oct 1997) |
| monocarpous | <botany> Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc. Annual and biennual herbs are monocarpic, so also some plants of longer duration, as the century plant. Origin: Mono- + Gr. Fruit: cf. F. Monocarpe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monocentric chromosome | <genetics, molecular biology> Chromosome with a single centromere, i.e. most chromosomes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| monocephalous | <botany> Having a solitary head; said of unbranched composite plants. Origin: Mono- + Gr. Head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monocephalus | Conjoined twins having a single head with two bodies. See: conjoined twins. Compare: craniopagus, janiceps. Synonym: monocephalus, monocranius. Origin: syn-+ G. Kephale, head (05 Mar 2000) |
| monoceros | 1. A one-horned creature; a unicorn; a sea monster with one horn. "Mighty monoceroses with immeasured tails." (Spenser) 2. <astronomy> The Unicorn, a constellation situated to the east Orion. Origin: L, fr. Gr.; alone, single + horn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monochasium | <plant biology> A cymose inflorescence with the branches arising singly. Compare: dichasium. (09 Oct 1997) |
| monochlamydeous | <botany> Of a flower, having only one whorl of perianth parts. (09 Oct 1997) |
| monochlorphenamide | 4-chloro-m-benzenedisulfonamide;a diuretic. Synonym: monochlorphenamide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monochord | An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them. Origin: L. Monochordon, Gr, fr. With but one string; only, single + string: cf. F. Monocorde. See Chord, and cf. Mainchord. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monochorea | Chorea affecting the head alone or only one extremity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monochorial | Relating to or having a single chorion; denoting monovular twins. Synonym: monochorial. (05 Mar 2000) |