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SIMPLEX
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Allowing communication in only one direction at a time, or in telegraphy allowing only one message over a line at a time
Example:
simplex system
Classified under:
Similar:
unidirectional (operating or moving or allowing movement in one direction only)
Domain category:
telecom; telecommunication ((often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having only one part or element
Example:
a simplex word has no affixes and is not part of a compound--like 'boy' compared with 'boyish' or 'house' compared with 'houseboat'
Classified under:
Similar:
simple (having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved)
Context examples:
A sodium salt formulation of phosphonoacetic acid with activity against herpes simplex viruses and other members of the herpes virus family.
(Fosfonet Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
A lesion caused by type 1 or type 2 herpes simplex virus, involving the oralfacial region.
(Cold Sore, NCI Thesaurus)
An isothiazole derivative of 5-amino-3-methylisothiazolocarboxylic acid I with antiviral activity against human herpes simplex viruse types 1 and 2, and varicella zoster virus.
(Denotivir, NCI Thesaurus)
A gene viral vector complex comprised of a replication-defective adenovirus and a herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene that activates ganciclovir, causing inhibition of DNA synthesis and apoptosis.
(Adenovirus RSV-TK, NCI Thesaurus)
The sodium salt form of acyclovir, a synthetic analog of the purine nucleoside, guanosine, with potent antiviral activity against herpes simplex viruses type 1 and 2, varicella-zoster virus and other viruses of the herpesvirus family.
(Acyclovir Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
A synthetic analog of the purine nucleoside, guanosine, with potent antiviral activity against herpes simplex viruses type 1 and 2, varicella-zoster virus and other viruses of the herpesvirus family.
(Acyclovir, NCI Thesaurus)
A novel helicase-primase inhibitor that is active against varicella-zoster virus and herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2.
(Amenamevir, NCI Thesaurus)
An RGD-4C-modified, infectivity-enhanced, bicistronic type 5 adenovirus expressing herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV-tk) gene, a therapeutic suicide gene, and the somatostatin receptor type 2 (SSTR2) gene with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Ad5.SSTR/TK.RGD, NCI Thesaurus)
They are not the same as cold sores, which are caused by herpes simplex.
(Canker Sores, NIH)
An acyclic guanosine analog with activity against herpes simplex virus (HSV).
(Buciclovir, NCI Thesaurus)
