mono-, mon-
(Greek: one, alone, single; a number used as a prefix)
monomoria
Melancholia; a condition characterized by severe depression as manifested by loss of pleasure in all activities; including early morning awakening, marked agitation or retardation, severe anorexia with weight loss, and excessive or inappropriate guilt feelings.
monomorphic
mononeirist
A person who claims to have dreamed just once.
mononeuralgia
Pain along the course of one nerve.
mononym
A term, or name, consisting of just one word.
mononymic
A reference to a term (name) consisting of just one word.
mononymy, mononymous
A term which refers to anyone who uses only one name; such as, Madonna, Pelé, Odetta, Cher, Voltaire, Aristotle, Cicero, Adam, Eve (Adam and Eve), Hannibal, Hippocrates, Houdini, Michelangelo, Pythagoras, Socrates, Spartacus, and many others.
Uninomial also has the same application.
monopathophobia
An abnormal panic of having sickness in a specified part of the body or some definite disease.
monopathy
A disease affecting a single part of the body or a single uncomplicated disease.
monopetalous
With reference to a flower, having the corolla in one piece or the petals united so as to form a tube; also known as gamopetalous and sympetalous.
monophagism, monophagia, monophagous, monophagy
1. A desire for only one kind of food.
2. The eating of only one meal a day.
monophasia
The inability of a person to speak more than a single word or sentence.
monophasic
Referring to the inability to speak more than a single word or sentence.
monophilous, monophily
In biology, dwelling and thriving in pastures.
monophobia
An extreme angst of being left alone or of desolate places. Also a fear of just one thing (whatever that might be).
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