secondary health care

secondary health care,

an intermediate level of health care that includes diagnosis and treatment, performed in a hospital having specialized equipment and laboratory facilities.

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secondary

derived from another condition, the primary condition.

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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.