monocephalicadj.

Brit.

/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)sᵻˈfalɪk/,

/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)kɛˈfalɪk/, U.S.

/ˈˌmɑnəsəˈfælɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mono- comb. form, -cephalic comb. form.

Etymology: < mono- comb. form + -cephalic comb. form, perhaps after French monocéphalique (1836 or earlier). Compare earlier monocephalous adj., and also earlier polycephalic adj.

Having a single head. Also figurative and in extended use.

ΚΠ

1870 Nature 21 Apr. 634/2 An individual is generally understood to be a monocephalic being.

1937 Econometrica 5 243 He first considers the case of a monocephalic seasonal movement (one minimum and one maximum during the year).

1960 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 47 865 It is possible that a monocephalic cultivated form of H. annuus served as one of the original parents.

1976 Internat. Organization 30 16 French society is homogeneous and its government is monocephalic; American society is heterogeneous and its government is multicephalic.

1992 Human Reprod. 7 523 Their tails, parallel in monocephalic spermatozoa and helicoid in bicephalic spermatozoa, have two complete axonemal axes.

1994 Anatomia Histologia Embryologia 23 275 The right cranium had the typical findings associated with bovine monocephalic ACM [sc. Arnold–Chiari malformation] cases.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monocephalic
释义	monocephalicadj. Brit. /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)sᵻˈfalɪk/, /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)kɛˈfalɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmɑnəsəˈfælɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mono- comb. form, -cephalic comb. form. Etymology: < mono- comb. form + -cephalic comb. form, perhaps after French monocéphalique (1836 or earlier). Compare earlier monocephalous adj., and also earlier polycephalic adj. Having a single head. Also figurative and in extended use. ΚΠ 1870 Nature 21 Apr. 634/2 An individual is generally understood to be a monocephalic being. 1937 Econometrica 5 243 He first considers the case of a monocephalic seasonal movement (one minimum and one maximum during the year). 1960 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 47 865 It is possible that a monocephalic cultivated form of H. annuus served as one of the original parents. 1976 Internat. Organization 30 16 French society is homogeneous and its government is monocephalic; American society is heterogeneous and its government is multicephalic. 1992 Human Reprod. 7 523 Their tails, parallel in monocephalic spermatozoa and helicoid in bicephalic spermatozoa, have two complete axonemal axes. 1994 Anatomia Histologia Embryologia 23 275 The right cranium had the typical findings associated with bovine monocephalic ACM [sc. Arnold–Chiari malformation] cases. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1870
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