Mononuclear

Definition: Mononuclear

Mononuclear

Adjective

1. (biology) having only one nucleus.

Domain	Definition
Medicine	A cell with one nucleus. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonym: Mononuclear

Synonym: mononucleate (adj). (additional references)

Antonyms: binucleate (adj), trinucleate (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Mononuclear

English words defined with "mononuclear": glandular fever ♦ infectious mononucleosis ♦ kissing disease ♦ mono, mononuclear phagocyte system, mononucleosis. (references)

Specialty definitions using "mononuclear": CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-alpha ♦ Leukocytes, Mononuclear ♦ Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor, Macrophages, Alveolar, Macrophages, Peritoneal, mononuclear metropolis ♦ porcine endogenous retrovirus C ♦ small mononuclear leucocyte. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Mononuclear" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Portuguese (uninuclear).

Domain	Title
Books	Hemopoietic Growth Factors and Mononuclear Phagocytes (reference) Mo Molybdenum - Organomolybdenum Compounds: Mononuclear Compounds (Gmelin - Handbooks of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry , Part 11) (reference) Mononuclear phagocytes : functional aspects (reference) Ni Nickel - Organonickel Compounds: Mononuclear Compounds (Gmelin - Handbooks of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry , Part 3, suppL. 1) (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The cellular infiltrate is composed of small and enlarged mononuclear cells with the appearance of immunoblasts. (references)
		In most cases, the lungs reveal a mild to moderate interstitial pneumonitis with variable degrees of congestion, edema, and mononuclear cell infiltration. (references)
		Pathologic findings suggesting host response such as mononuclear cell infiltration of the primary or reactive regional lymphadenopathy are not reproducible prognostic features. (references)
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"Mononuclear" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mononuclear" is used about 101 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	101	32,488

Expressions using "mononuclear": mononuclear metropolis ♦ mononuclear phagocyte system ♦ small mononuclear leucocyte. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "mononuclear"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		单� �. (various references)

Danish		mononukleær celle. (various references)

Dutch		mononucleaire fagocyt (mononuclear phagocyte), eenwaardig fenol (mononuclear monophenol), eenkernig (mononuclear monophenol). (various references)

Finnish		mononukleaarinen fagosyytti (mononuclear phagocyte), lymfosyytti (achroacyte, homeocyte, leukomonocyte, lymph cell, lymph corpuscle, lymphocyte, lymphoid cell, lymphoid corpuscle, lymphoid leucocyte, small mononuclear leucocyte). (various references)

French		mononucléaire. (various references)

German		mononukleäre Zelle, mononukleär, uninukleär, einkernig. (various references)

Greek		μονοπύρηνο φαγοκύτταρο (mononuclear phagocyte), μονοπυρηνική μονοφαινόλη (mononuclear monophenol), μονοπυρηνική ηπατίτις (mononuclear hepatitis). (various references)

Italian		monofenolo mononucleare (mononuclear monophenol), fagocito mononucleato (mononuclear phagocyte), epatite della mononucleosi infettiva (mononuclear hepatitis). (various references)

Pig Latin		ononuclearmay

Portuguese		monofenol mononuclear (mononuclear monophenol), hepatite mononuclear (mononuclear hepatitis), fagócito (phalange). (various references)

Spanish		monofenol mononuclear (mononuclear monophenol), linfocito (achroacyte, homeocyte, leukomonocyte, lymph cell, lymph corpuscle, lymphocyte, lymphoid cell, lymphoid corpuscle, lymphoid leucocyte, small mononuclear leucocyte), hepatitis de la mononucleosis infecciosa (mononuclear hepatitis), fagocito mononucleado (mononuclear phagocyte). (various references)

Swedish		mononuklear fagocyt (mononuclear phagocyte), mononukleär fagocyt (mononuclear phagocyte), monocyt (monocyte, mononuclear phagocyte), lymfocyt (lymphocyte). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "mononuclear": mononuclears. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Mononuclear" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: homonuclear, immunonuclear, mononculear, mononulcear. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "mononuclear" (pronounced mÄ'nunuw"klēer)
6	-n uw" k l ē er	nuclear, thermonuclear.
4	-k l ē er	cochlear, likelier.
3	-l ē er	chillier, costlier, deadlier, earlier, friendlier, Hillier, holier, livelier, sillier, uglier.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-m-n-n-o-o-r-u"
	-2 letters: monocular, olecranon.
	-3 letters: amelcorn, coenamor, colorman, colormen, columnar, cornmeal, neuronal, nonmoral, noumenal.
	-4 letters: alencon, aleuron, almoner, clamour, corneal, cornual, coronae, coronal, coronel, courlan, enamour, leucoma, lucarne, moneran, monocle, monuron, morceau, morulae, neuroma, noncola, noumena, nuclear, nucleon, numeral, romance, unclean, unclear, unlearn, unmoral.
	-5 letters: acumen, almner, almuce, ancone, calmer, cannel, canner, carmen, clamor, cloner, coaler.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-m-n-n-o-o-r-u"
	+1 letter: mononuclears, nonmolecular.
	+2 letters: unconformable.
	+4 letters: neuroanatomical.
	+5 letters: countercomplaint.
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