What does the word simple mean?
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[ Latin] Single; not mixed nor compound; of medicines, containing only one main ingredient or containing no active ingredient, as S. syrup. S. ointment, S. cerate( see Syrup, etc.); of chemical substances, not made up of two or more other bodies, elementary, as S. body(= element); of tissues, composed of but one kind of tissue-elements; of membranes, organs, or growths, composed of a single tissue; of glands, cysts, tumors, or other structures, not made up of an aggregation of separable parts, undivided, unilocular or unilobular. S. apoplexy, apoplexy without visible lesion. S. atrophy, ( a) atrophy in which the parts grow less in size, but not fewer in number; ( b) atrophy in which there is wasting, but no degeneration; ( c) atrophy of a hollow organ in which the cavity of the latter neither increases nor diminishes in size. S. fracture, a fracture not communicating with the external air. S. glaucoma( Glaucoma simplex), see Glaucoma. S. inflammation, inflammation( e. g., meningitis) in which there are neither pus nor specific inflammatory products such as tubercles or gummata. S. microscope, see Microscope.
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1. Plain, not complicated, not compound. 2. A medicinal herb.
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