monomorphic

or mon·o·mor·phous

[ mon-uh-mawr-fik ]

adjective

1. Biology. having only one form.
2. of the same or of an essentially similar type of structure.

monomorphic

/ ˌmɒnəʊˈmɔːfɪk /

adjective

1. (of an individual organism) showing little or no change in structure during the entire life history
2. (of a species) existing or having parts that exist in only one form
3. (of a chemical compound) having only one crystalline form

Derived Forms

• ˌmonoˈmorphism, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of monomorphic¹

First recorded in 1875–80; mono- + -morphic

Example Sentences

According to David Martinez, a postdoc in Baric’s group since 2018, “The idea is to design a spike that instead of being monomorphic and eliciting immunity to one virus, you could increase the immunogenicity by having coverage for three viruses within one spike.”

From Scientific American

She said puffins are “sexually monomorphic, meaning males and females look the same.”

From Washington Post

These generally present highly monomorphic regions where there is no evidence for multiple haplotypes, and consequently blocks were not called.

From Nature

These generally present highly monomorphic regions where there is no evidence for multiple haplotypes, and consequently blocks were not called.

From Nature

Monomorphic, mon-ō-mor′fik, adj. of the same type of structure, or morphological character.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg