‖ monosisBot.|mɒˈnəʊsɪs| [mod.L., a. Gr. µόνωσις solitariness, singleness, f. µονοῦν to make single or solitary, f. µόνο-ς single.] The isolation of an organ from the rest. (Cf. monosy.) 1873Cooke Man.Bot. Terms (ed. 2) 73. 1874 R. Brown Man.Bot. 609.