| simple mastectomy | removal of a breast leaving the underlying muscles and the lymph nodes intact |
hand glass
simple microscope
magnifying glass | light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged image, the magnifying glass was invented by Roger Bacon in |
| machine simple machine | a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point |
| simple pendulum | a hypothetical pendulum suspended by a weightless frictionless thread of constant length |
| simplicity simpleness simple mindedness | a lack of penetration or subtlety, they took advantage of her simplicity |
simple eye
stemma
ocellus | an eye having a single lens |
regression
simple regression
regression toward the mean
statistical regression | the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x) |
| simple sentence | a sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses |
| simple harmonic motion | periodic motion in which the restoring force is proportional to the displacement |
simpleton
simple | a person lacking intelligence or common sense |
| simple pistil | consists of one carpel |
| simple | any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties |
simple fruit
bacca | an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape, tomato, cranberry |
| simple leaf | a leaf that is not divided into parts |
| fee simple | a fee without limitation to any class of heirs, they can sell it or give it away |
| simple interest | interest paid on the principal alone |
common fraction
simple fraction | the quotient of two integers |
simple closed curve
Jordan curve | a closed curve that does not intersect itself |
pure absence
simple absence | an absence seizure without other complications, followed by -per-sec brainwave spikes |
simple fracture
closed fracture | an uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin |
| simple phobia | any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli |
| simple protein | a protein that yields only amino acids when hydrolyzed |
monosaccharide
monosaccharose
simple sugar | a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars, the simplest group of carbohydrates |
elementary
simple
uncomplicated
unproblematic | easy and not involved or complicated, an elementary problem in statistics, elementary, my dear Watson, a simple game, found an uncomplicated solution to the problem |
bare(a)
mere(a)
simple(a) | apart from anything else, without additions or modifications, only the bare facts, shocked by the mere idea, the simple passage of time was enough, the simple truth |
| simple | unornamented, a simple country schoolhouse, her black dress--simple to austerity |
dim-witted
simple
simple-minded | lacking mental capacity and subtlety |
| simple unsubdivided | (botany) of leaf shapes, of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions |
| simple | having few parts, not complex or complicated or involved, a simple problem, simple mechanisms, a simple design, a simple substance |
childlike
wide-eyed
round-eyed
dewy-eyed
simple | exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity, childlike trust, dewy-eyed innocence, listened in round-eyed wonder |
| simple-minded | lacking subtlety and insight, a simple-minded argument |