monossicular

English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ ossicular.

Adjective

monossicular (not comparable)

1. Having a single ossicle
   • 2015 July 16, “The Stapes of Gomphodont Cynodonts: Insights into the Middle Ear Structure of Non-Mammaliaform Cynodonts”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The middle ear structure of non-mammaliaform cynodonts is derived from the monossicular condition present in more basal synapsids and certainly different from both the triossicular structure of early mammaliaforms and mammals and the monossicular pattern of living reptiles [5 –6, 9, 14 –15, 27, 57 –61 ].