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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having only one nucleus.
  • adjective Chemistry Monocyclic.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A cell with a single nucleus; a uninuclear, as distinguished from a multinuclear, cell.
  • Having a single nucleus; uninuclear: as, large mononuclear cells.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective biology Having a single nucleus
  • adjective chemistry monocyclic

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  • adjective having only one nucleus

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