SINCE 1828
Monas
noun
Mo·nas
| \ ˈmō-ˌnas
, ˈmän-ˌas
\
, ˈmän-ˌas
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Medical Definition of Monas
: a genus of small single or colonial aquatic flagellates (order Protomonadina) that often have one long primary flagellum and two shorter secondary ones
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