primary gain

gain (gān) to acquire, obtain, or increase.

antigen gain the acquisition by cells of new antigenic determinants not normally present or not normally accessible in the parent tissue.

primary gain the direct alleviation of anxiety by a defense mechanism; the relief from emotional conflict or tension provided by neurotic symptoms or illness.

secondary gain external and incidental advantage derived from an illness, such as rest, gifts, personal attention, release from responsibility, and disability benefits.

primary gain

Alleviation of anxiety that results from conversion of emotional conflict into demonstrably organic illnesses.

Primary gain

The immediate relief from guilt, anxiety, or other unpleasant feelings that a patient derives from a symptom.

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primary gain,

a benefit, primarily relief from emotional conflict and freedom from anxiety, attained through the use of a defense mechanism or other psychologic process. Compare secondary gain.

primary gain

Psychiatry An emotional gain directly from illness–eg, alleviation of anxiety in neurosis by 'converting' emotions into an organic disease, a defense mechanism–eg, hysterical dysphonia. Cf Secondary gain.

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So the primary gain achieved by the new policy will be one of administrative efficiency, saving time heretofore wasted pretending that the weak and the sick were serious criminals.

Easing up on medical pot by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

The winners of the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary gain a substantial boost in their share of the remaining primary vote, relative to pre-primary estimations.

Polls and elections: how did the primary vote forecasts fare in 2008? by Steger, Wayne P. / Presidential Studies Quarterly

Just getting back on the political 'radar screen', attracting new policy initiatives, and reconfirming the region as a "frontier of opportunity" will be our primary gain from the election process.

No clones in this government. (The Way It Is) by Michels, Bob / Northern Ontario Business

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primary curvature of vertebral column

primary cutaneous melanoma

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