monovular, a. Biol.
(məˈnɒv-, məˈnəʊvjuːlə(r))
[f. mono- + ovular a.]
= monozygotic a.
| 1936 Yale Jrnl. Biol. & Med. VIII. 589 We think of human monovular twins as having identically the same inheritance and as being so similar in height, weight, build, appearance, and mentality as to confuse relatives and friends. 1962 Biol. Abstr. XL. 1726/1 While neonatal polycythemia in monovular twins is obviously due to intrauterine transfer of blood.., the postnatal polycythemia in single newborn infants remains unexplained. 1966 Arch. Surg. XCII. 865/1 The occurrence of Hashimoto's thyroiditis in a mother and her three daughters, two of whom are monovular twins. |