relating to a moment of nervous activity that has only one phase
monophasic waveforms for defibrillation
2. another word for monophase (sense 2)
monophasic in American English
(ˌmɑnəˈfeizɪk)
adjective
having one phase
Word origin
[1895–1900; mono- + phase + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: apothecaries' measure, backstage, calling card, frame of reference, hit-and-runmono- is a combining form meaning “alone,” “single,” “one” (monogamy); specialized in some scientific terms to denote a monomolecular thickness (monolayer) and adapted in chemistry to apply to compounds containing one atom of a particularelement (monohydrate). Other words that use the affix mono- include: monochromatic, monograph, monogyny, monosome, monounsaturated; -ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'monophasic' in a sentence
monophasic
We became monophasic, sleeping in a single, consistent block just once in 24 hours.