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mon⋅o⋅cy⋅clic

  [mon-uh-sahy-klik, -sik-lik]
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–adjective
1. having one cycle.
2. Botany. arranged in a single whorl, as the parts of certain flowers.
3. Chemistry. of or pertaining to a molecular structure containing one ring.
Origin:
1880–85; mono- + cyclic

Related forms:
mon⋅o⋅cy⋅cly, noun
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mon·o·cy·clic   (mŏn'ə-sī'klĭk, -sĭk'lĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Having a single cycle, as of activity or development.

  2. Biology Having a single whorl, as certain flowers and the shells of certain invertebrates.

  3. Chemistry Having a molecular structure with only one ring.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mono·cy·clic
Pronunciation: "män-O-'sI-klik, -'sik-lik
Function: adjective
: containing one ring in the molecular structuremonocyclic terpene>
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monocyclic   (mŏn'ə-sī'klĭk, -sĭk'lĭk)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. Having a single cycle, as of activity or development.

  2. Having a single whorl, as certain flowers and the shells of certain invertebrates.

  3. Having a molecular structure with only one ring. Benzene and toluene are monocyclic molecules.


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