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secondary health care,
an intermediate level of health care that includes diagnosis and treatment, performed in a hospital having specialized equipment and laboratory facilities. secondary derived from another condition, the primary condition. secondary attack rate number of cases in the outbreak divided by the total number of susceptible animals in the population. secondary carcinogens relatively inert substances that are converted by a host-mediated reaction to an active carcinogen, e.g. nitrosamines, pyrrolizidine alkaloids. secondary health care the level of care in the health care system that consists of emergency treatment and critical care. Called also acute care. secondary hypertrophic osteopathy see hypertrophic osteopathy. secondary immune response see anamnestic response. secondary pregnancy toxemia pregnancy toxemia secondary to another condition which reduces the ewe's or cow's feed intake. secondary radiation see scatter radiation, compton effect. secondary ruminal contraction occurs after the primary ruminal cycles during feeding and terminate with eructation. See also reticuloruminal contractions. secondary spongiosa see secondary spongiosa. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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