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Etymology

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From mono- +‎ anion.

Noun

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monoanion (plural monoanions)

  1. (chemistry) Any anion carrying a single negative charge.
    • 2015 December 12, “A pH Sensitive High-Throughput Assay for miRNA Binding of a Peptide-Aminoglycoside (PA) Library”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The monoanion and dianion states are both potentially relevant at biological pH. The dianion strongly absorbs photons at 480 nm and gives a strong emission peak at 517 nm.
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