mono-, mon-
(Greek: one, alone, single; a number used as a prefix)
monopsychism
The theory that all souls (or the souls of all mankind) are one; the unity of souls asserted by this theory.
monopsychosis
Synonymous with monomania: partial insanity, in which the morbid mental state is restricted to one subject, the patient being of sound judgment and appropriate affect on all other subjects; an impulsive act without an apparent motive.
monopus
A fetus with monopodial symmelia, a developmental anomaly characterized by an apparent fusion of two feet so they appear to be one foot.
monorchid
monorchid, monorchidism, monorchidic
Having only one testicle or apparently having only one while the other one is undescended.
monorchis
A person or animal with only one testicle.
monorchism
The condition of having only one testicle.
monorheme, monorhemic
A single element or word with a phrasal meaning.
monorhinal
monorhine, monorhinic
1. Having a single nasal passage.
2. Single-nosed; used in medicine to characterize conjoined twins in which cephalic fusion has left only a single nose cavity evident.
monosodium
monospermous
monostele, monostelic
A single axial cylinder of tissue in certain plants.
monostely, monostelous
Having a single stele.
monostrophe
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