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[mon-uh-graf, -grahf] 
əˌgræf
–noun
| 1. | a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist. |
| 2. | a highly detailed and thoroughly documented study or paper written about a limited area of a subject or field of inquiry: scholarly monographs on medieval pigments. |
| 3. | an account of a single thing or class of things, as of a species of organism. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | to write a monograph about. |
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| mon·o·graph (mŏn'ə-grāf') n. A scholarly piece of writing of essay or book length on a specific, often limited subject. tr.v. mon·o·graphed, mon·o·graph·ing, mon·o·graphs To write a monograph on. mo·nog'ra·pher (mə-nŏg'rə-fər) n., mon'o·graph'ic adj., mon'o·graph'i·cal·ly adv. |
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Monograph
Mon"o*graph\, n. [Mono- + -graph.] A written account or description of a single thing, or class of things; a special treatise on a particular subject of limited range.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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monograph
1821, "treatise on a single subject," from mono- + graph "something written."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: mono·graph
Pronunciation: 'män-&-"graf
Function: noun
1 : a learned detailed thoroughly documented treatise coveringexhaustively a small area of a field of learning
2 : a description (as in the U.S. Pharmacopeia) of the name, chemical formula, and uniform method for determining the strength and purity of a drug —monograph transitive verb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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