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Mo*noc"ra*cy (?), n. [Mono- +
-cracy, as in democracy.] Government by a single
person; undivided rule. Sydney Smith.

Mon"o*crat (?), n. [Cf. Gr. &?; ruling
alone.] One who governs alone.

Mon`o*crot"ic (?), a. (Physiol.)
Of, pertaining to, or showing, monocrotism; as, a
monocrotic pulse; a pulse of the monocrotic
type.

Mo*noc"ro*tism (?), n. [Gr.
mo`nos alone + &?; a beating.] (Physiol.) That
condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows
but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely
disappearing.

Mo*noc"u*lar (?), a. [L.
monoculus; Gr. mo`nos single + L. oculus
eye: cf. F. monoculaire.] 1. Having only
one eye; with one eye only; as, monocular vision.

2. Adapted to be used with only one eye at a
time; as, a monocular microscope.

Mon"o*cule (m&obreve;n"&osl;*kūl),
n.


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