mon·o·lay·er (m n  -l   r)n. 1. A film or layer one molecule thick formed at the interface between water and either oil or air by a substance such as a partially esterified fatty acid that contains both hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups in the same molecule. 2. A confluent sheet of cells, one cell deep, growing on a surface in a cell culture. |
monolayer
[-lā′ər]
a sheet of cells one cell thick, such as may be formed on the surface of a culture vessel.
monolayer
pertaining to or consisting of a single layer of molecules or cells, as in a monolayer cell culture, as used for the isolation and assay of viruses.
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