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monad /mon·ad/ (mon´ad)

1. a single-celled protozoan or coccus.

2. a univalent radical or element.

3. in meiosis, one member of a tetrad.

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mo·nad (mnd)

n.

1. An atom or a radical with a valence of 1.

2. A single-celled microorganism, especially a protozoan of the genus Monas.

3. Any of the four chromatids of a tetrad that, after the first and second meiotic divisions, separate to become the chromosomal material in each of the four daughter cells.

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mo·nadic (m-ndik), mo·nadi·cal adj.

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monad

[mon′ad, mō′nəd]

1 a unicellular, free-living organism.

2 a monovalent element or radical.

3 a haploid set of chromosomes in a spermatid or ootid.

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monad

1. a protozoon or coccus.

2. a univalent radical or element.

3. in meiosis, one member of a tetrad.