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Of, pertaining to, or showing, monocrotism; as, a monocrotic pulse; a pulse of the monocrotic type.

That condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely disappearing.

Having only one eye; with one eye only; as, monocular vision.

A small crustacean with one median eye.

Monocular. Glanvill.

Of or pertaining to a division (Monocystidea) of Gregarinida, in which the body consists of one sac.

Having but one finger or claw.

One of the Monodelphia.

The group that includes all ordinary or placental mammals; the Placentalia. See Mammalia.

Of or pertaining to the Monodelphia.

Belonging to a monody.

Dimetric.

A writer of a monody.

A drama acted, or intended to be acted, by a single person.

Pertaining to a monodrama.

A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice.

Possessing but one capacity or power. "Monodynamic men." De Quincey.

The theory that the various forms of activity in nature are manifestations of the same force. G. H. Lewes.

A Linnæan class of plants, whose stamens and pistils are in distinct flowers in the same plant.

Of or pertaining to the Monoecia; monoecious. -- n.