monotropic
/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈtrɒpɪk/ /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊpɪk/adjective
1 Physical Chemical Exhibiting monotropy.
2 Ecology. Of a bee or other pollinator: that visits the flowers of only one species.
3 Medicine. Involving a single tropic hormone.
4 Virology. Infecting monocytes or macrophages (especially as opposed to lymphocytes).
Origin
Late 19th century (in an earlier sense). From mono- + -tropic. In sense 2 after German monotrop.
- overnight bag
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- overnight telegram
- overnote
- over-number
- overnumber
- overnumbered
- overnumerous
- over-oaked
- royal mortar
- royal moth
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution
- Royal Naval Reserve
- Royal Navy
- royalness
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- Royal Oak Day
- Royal Observatory
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- royal palm
- royal pardon
- royal patronage
- royal pendulum