I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌgraf, -aa(ə)f, -aif, -ȧf noun
Etymology: mon- + -graph
1.
a. : a special treatise on a particular subject in natural history
b. : a learned detailed thoroughly documented treatise covering exhaustively a small area of a field of learning
this monograph covers the development of intravenous anesthesia from 1872 — Journal American Medical Association
his monograph comprises an essay analyzing Irish bookbinding — Times Literary Supplement
2. : a written account of a single thing: as
a. : a biographical study
in every language of Europe there are monographs … of the man who so affected Christendom and remade it — Hilaire Belloc
b. : a collection of plates (as reproductions of paintings) showing the work of a single artist and usually accompanied by biographical or critical text
Synonyms: see discourse
II. transitive verb
: to make a monograph on : discuss in a monograph