| simpai | <zoology> A long-tailed monkey (Semnopitchecus melalophus) native of Sumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and cheeks are fawn colour, the upper parts tawny and red, the under parts white. Synonym: black-crested monkey, and sinpae. Origin: Malay simpei. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| simple | Undivided, of a leaf, not divided into leaflets, of a hair or an inflorescence, not branched. (09 Oct 1997) |
| simple absence | A brief clouding of consciousness accompanied by the abrupt onset of 3/sec spikes and waves on EEG. Synonym: pure absence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simple anchorage | Anchorage in which the resistance to the movement of one or more teeth comes solely from resistance to tipping movement of the anchorage unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simple anisocoria | A common (20% of normals) benign inequality of the pupils that may change from one hour to the next. Synonym: essential anisocoria, physiologic anisocoria, simple-central anisocoria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simple beam | In dentistry, a straight beam that has only two supports, one at either end. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simple bone cyst | <radiology> Unicameral or solitary bone cyst, lytic, unilocular, central, meta-diaphyseal, humerus (most common site), age 0 - 10 yrs Differential diagnosis: bubbly bone lesions (12 Dec 1998) |
| simple closure | A single layer closure. (27 Sep 1997) |
| simple colour | The three colour's of the retinal cone pigments (red, green, blue) that may be combined to match any hue. Synonym: simple colour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simple conjunctivitis | Acute viral conjunctivitis, self-limited and of short duration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simple crus of saemicircular duct | The non-ampullary end of the lateral saemicircular duct that opens independently into the utricle. Synonym: crus membranaceum simplex ductus saemicircularis, simple membranous limb of saemicircular duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simple diplopia | Double image's produced by stimuli arising from points proximal to the horopter. Synonym: homonymous diplopia, simple diplopia, uncrossed diplopia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simple dislocation | A dislocation not complicated by an external wound. Synonym: simple dislocation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simple epithelium | An epithelium having one layer of cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simple fission | Division of the nucleus and then the cell body into two parts. See: binary fission. (05 Mar 2000) |