Category: S
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Secondary immune response
After repeated exposure to an antigen, an accelerated production of antibodies. The rapid, strong response by T and B cells to a second or subsequent appearance of an immunogen. This occurs because of the availability of T and B lymphocyte memory cells.
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Secondary hypertension
High blood pressure that results from a specific cause or pathological condition essential hypertension. Secondary hypertension is high blood pressure caused by a specific condition, such as kidney disease, a tumor of the adrenal gland, or a defect of the aorta.
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Secondary homosexual
A homosexual who has had heterosexual contacts but who has learned to prefer homosexual activity.
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Secondary health care
Services associated with hospitalization, primary health care.
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Secondary erotic stimuli
Learned or conditioned stimuli that influence sexual motivation and behavior, primary erotic stimuli.
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Secondary erectile dysfunction
A condition in which a man is unable to achieve or maintain an erection long enough to engage in successful sexual intercourse although he has been able to perform adequately in the past, primary erectile dysfunction.
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Secondary ejaculatory incompetence
Ejaculatory incompetence that occurs after a man achieves successful ejaculation.
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Secondary disposition
A peripheral trait of personality that appears in a limited number of situations.
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Secondary deviance
A sociological term for behavior that deviates from the norm and that is used as a basis for self-definition, primary deviance.
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Secondary desire disorder
Hypoactive sexual desire.