MONO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mono mean? 

• MONO (noun)
  The noun MONO has 1 sense:

1. an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing

  Familiarity information: MONO used as a noun is very rare.

• MONO (adjective)
  The adjective MONO has 1 sense:

1. designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel

  Familiarity information: MONO used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

glandular fever; infectious mononucleosis; kissing disease; mono; mononucleosis

Hypernyms ("mono" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

• MONO (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel

Synonyms:

mono; monophonic; single-channel

Similar:

monaural (relating to or having or hearing with only one ear)

Domain category:

electronics (the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices)

 Context examples 

Mono occurs most often in teens and young adults.

(Infectious Mononucleosis, NIH)

Cordycepin is an adenosine analogue, which is readily phosphorylated to its mono-, di-, and triphosphate intracellularly.

(Cordycepin, NCI Thesaurus)

It is converted in vivo to its mono-, di-, and triphosphate forms and is incorporated into DNA by competition with thymidine.

(Idoxuridine, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon intravenous administration of a microdose of carbon C 14 oxaliplatin, the oxaliplatin moiety covalently links to DNA and forms mono- and di-DNA adducts.

(Carbon C 14 Oxaliplatin, NCI Thesaurus)

It is related to the viruses that cause chickenpox and infectious mononucleosis (mono).

(Cytomegalovirus Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

This syndrome, also known as “mono” or the “kissing disease,” generally resolves with rest and only rarely causes serious complications.

(Epstein-Barr virus protein can “switch on” risk genes for autoimmune diseases, National Institutes of Health)

The antibody portion of the agent binds to human ovarian cancer cells; the pseudomonas exotoxin, a 66 kDa protein belonging to a family of enzymes known as mono-(ADP-ribosyl) transferases, stops tumor cell protein synthesis by inactivating elongation factor 2 and disrupting protein synthesis..

(Monoclonal Antibody OVB3-PE, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent has potent anti-tumor efficacy in mono and combination therapy in a broad range of cancers. c-Met, a receptor tyrosine kinase overexpressed or mutated in many tumor cell types, plays key roles in tumor cell proliferation, survival, invasion, metastasis, and tumor angiogenesis.

(c-Met Inhibitor LY2801653, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood test can show if you have mono.

(Infectious Mononucleosis, NIH)

Symptoms of mono include: • Fever • Sore throat • Swollen lymph glands

(Infectious Mononucleosis, NIH)