- monangle
- Having only one angle, denoting a dental instrument that has only one angle between the handle or shaft and the working portion (blade or nib).
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mon·an·gle (monґang-gəl) having only one angle; a dental instrument having only one angulation in the shank connecting the handle, or shaft, with the working portion of the instrument, known as the blade, or nib. Cf. binangle, quadrangle (def. 2), and triple-angle.
Medical dictionary. 2011.