单词 | monomorphous |
释义 | monomorphousadj.ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [adjective] > having one unvarying form constant1793 monomorphous1839 monomorphic1864 stable1889 1839 J. O. Westwood Introd. Mod. Classif. Insects I. 17 In the Monomorphous division..the pupa continues active. 2. a. Chiefly Pathology. Having or characterized by only one form or type; homogeneous, uniform. ΚΠ 1874 J. Lubbock Wild Flowers ii. 37 We find monomorphous and heteromorphous species in the same genus. 1976 Amer. Jrnl. Clin. Pathol. 65 149 Thirteen [biopsies] with monomorphous cutaneous infiltrates of reticulum cells or poorly differentiated lymphocytes were encountered. 1978 B. Chapman Clarke's Analyt. Archaeol. (ed. 2) viii. 334 The same diversification would appear in the superficially monomorphous ‘cultures’ of Australian prehistory. 1986 Seminars Diagnostic Pathol. 3 69 Plurihormonal adenomas may be ultrastructurally monomorphous, bimorphous, or trimorphous; thus, one morphologic cell type may elaborate several hormones. 1996 Acta Cytol. 40 963 All four cases showed a monomorphous population of well-differentiated myeloma cells in aspiration smears. b. Medicine. Consisting of skin lesions of uniform type, and often uniform size and age. ΚΠ 1899 Albutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 472 The features of the eruption, whether monomorphous or polymorphous..are..all characteristic. 1968 H. O. Mackey & J. P. Mackey Handbk. Dis. Skin (ed. 9) xxiv. 276 The general features which distinguish tertiary from secondary syphilides are: (1) they are deep and serious; (2) limited and regional; (3) monomorphous. 1977 Arch. Dermatol. 113 500 Two children had a hyperpigmented monomorphous papular eruption of several years' duration. 1996 Pediatric Dermatol. 13 131 This disorder occurs predominantly in prepubertal black children and is characterized by a monomorphous, papular eruption. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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