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mononuclear

[mon-uh-noo-klee-er, -nyoo- or, by metathesis, -kyuh-ler]
adjective
  1. Also mon·o·nu·cle·ate. Cell Biology. having only one nucleus.
  2. Chemistry. (of hydrocarbons) monocyclic.
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Origin of mononuclear

First recorded in 1885–90; mono- + nuclear

Pronunciation note

See nuclear.
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Historical Examples

  • It is especially important that the mononuclear and the leucocytes associated with them, undergo no increase.

    Histology of the Blood

    Paul Ehrlich

  • In contradistinction to the polynuclear neutrophil elements, these mononuclear forms shew no amœboid movement on the warm stage.

  • The bone-marrow forms which are free from granules consist mostly of mononuclear cells of different type.

  • The mononuclear and transitional forms of the neutrophil group, do not under normal circumstances pass over into the blood-stream.

  • We begin with the discussion of the mononuclear neutrophil cells, Ehrlich's "myelocytes."

British Dictionary definitions for mononuclear

mononuclear

adjective
  1. (of a cell) having only one nucleus
  2. another word for monocyclic (def. 1)
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Word Origin and History for mononuclear

adj.

1886; see mono- + nuclear.

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mononuclear in Medicine

mononuclear

(mŏn′ō-nōō′klē-ər)
adj.
  1. Having only one nucleus.
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