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Of or pertaining to the Monomya. -- n.

Monomyal.

Having but one and the same nature or essence.

Suffering or sensibility in a single organ or function. -- Mon`o*path"ic, a.

Having but one person, or form of existence.

the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.

Having one the same appearance; having a mutual resemblance.

Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic composition; -- opposed to Ant: polyphonic.

A single uncompounded vowel sound.

Consisting of, or pertaining to, a monophthong.

Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin.

One-leaved; composed of a single leaf; as, a monophyllous involucre or calyx.

Having but one set of teeth; -- opposed to diphyodont.

One of a sect, in the ancient church, who maintained that the human and divine in Jesus Christ constituted but one composite nature. Also used adjectively.

Of or pertaining to Monophysites, or their doctrines.

A monoplastic element.

That has one form, or retains its primary form, as, a monoplastic element.

Paralysis affecting a single limb.

A suborder of Dipnoi, including the Ceratodus. [Written also monopneumonia.]

A monopodium.