SIMPLEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does simplex mean? 

• SIMPLEX (adjective)
  The adjective SIMPLEX has 2 senses:

1. allowing communication in only one direction at a time, or in telegraphy allowing only one message over a line at a time

2. having only one part or element

  Familiarity information: SIMPLEX used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIMPLEX (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

Context example:

simplex system

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

Context example:

a simplex word has no affixes and is not part of a compound--like 'boy' compared with 'boyish' or 'house' compared with 'houseboat'

Similar:

simple (having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved)

 Context examples 

A deoxyuridine analogue with antiviral activity against Herpes simplex and Varicella zoster viruses.

(Epervudine, NCI Thesaurus)

A deoxythymidine analog with activity against herpes simplex virus.

(Edoxudine, NCI Thesaurus)

Docosanol has a distinct mechanism of action and inhibits fusion between the plasma membrane and the herpes simplex virus envelope, thereby preventing viral entry into cells and subsequent viral activity and replication.

(Docosanol, NCI Thesaurus)

There are two types of herpes simplex virus.

(Cold Sores, NIH)

Glutamine supplements can suppress reactivation of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in mice and guinea pigs.

(Glutamine suppresses herpes in mice and guinea pigs, National Institutes of Health)

This agent does not require phosphorylation by thymidine kinase (TK) or other kinases and therefore is active in vitro against herpes simplex virus (HSV) TK deficient mutants and cytomegalovirus (CMV) UL97 mutants.

(Foscarnet sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

The sodium salt form of penciclovir, a synthetic acyclic guanine derivative with antiviral activity, mainly used to treat infections from herpes simplex virus (HSV) types 1 and 2.

(Penciclovir Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

An antiviral agent with activity against herpes simplex viruses and other members of the herpes virus family.

(Phosphonoacetic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic acyclic guanine derivative with antiviral activity, mainly used to treat infections from herpes simplex virus (HSV) types 1 and 2.

(Penciclovir, NCI Thesaurus)

A neuroattenuated, replication-restricted, ICP34.5 deleted (RL1 gene)-mutant herpes simplex virus (HSV) type I, constructed from wild-type strain 17, with potential oncolytic activity.

(Oncolytic HSV1716, NCI Thesaurus)