| simar | A woman's long dress or robe; also light covering; a scarf. Alternative forms: cimar, cymar, samare, simare. Origin: F. Simarre. See Chimere. (01 Mar 1998) |
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| simazine | <chemical> A triazine herbicide. Pharmacological action: herbicides, triazine. Chemical name: 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4-diamine, 6-chloro-N,N'-diethyl- (12 Dec 1998) |
| simbu group viruses | A group of viruses in the bunyavirus genus of the bunyaviridae family that are found in asia, africa, and the americas. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Simbu virus | A serologic group of the genus Bunyavirus, comprising a number of species including the type strain, Simbu virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simethicone | <chemical> A mixture of dimethyl polysiloxanes and silica gel used as an antiflatulent. Without the addition of silica gel (dimethicone), it is used as an ointment base ingredient and skin protectant. Pharmacological action: antifoaming agents, emollients, gastrointestinal agents. Chemical name: Simethicone (12 Dec 1998) |
| simia | <zoology> A Linnaean genus of Quadrumana which included the types of numerous modern genera. By modern writers it is usually restricted to the genus which includes the orang-outang. Origin: L, an ape; cf. Simus flatnosed, snub-nosed, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| simial | <zoology> Simian; apelike. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| simian | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the family Simiadae, which, in its widest sense, includes all the Old World apes and monkeys; also, apelike. Any Old World monkey or ape. Origin: L. Simia an ape. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| simian acquired immunodeficiency syndrome | <syndrome> Acquired defect of cellular immunity that occurs naturally in macaques infected with srv serotypes, experimentally in monkeys inoculated with srv or mason-pfiser monkey virus (mpmv), or in monkeys infected with siv. (12 Dec 1998) |
| simian crease | A single palmar crease associated with Down's syndrome. (27 Sep 1997) |
| simian fissure | A small, inconstant semilunar groove on the cortical convexity near the occipital pole, marking the anterior border of the striate cortex (area 17) and considered homologous with the major sulcus of the same name that is a more constant feature of the cerebral cortex in monkeys and apes. Synonym: sulcus lunatus cerebri, ape fissure, lunate fissure, lunate sulcus, simian fissure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simian haemorrhagic fever | A highly fatal disease of macaque monkeys caused by the simian haemorrhagic fever virus and characterised by fever, facial oedema, anorexia, adipsia, skin petechiae, diarrhoea, haemorrhages, and death. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simian haemorrhagic fever virus | An arterivirus causing simian haemorrhagic fever in macaque monkeys. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simian hand | Deformity in which there is flattening of the thenar eminence, and the thumb lies adducted and extended; usually due to a median nerve lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simian immunodeficiency virus | <virology> A retrovirus found in monkeys that is closely related to HIV. (09 Oct 1997) |