Category: S

Exogenous depression.    

A nutrient deficiency caused by some factor other than inadequate ingestion of nutrients, e.g., malabsorption, primary deficiency.  

A cue to depth perception that depends upon previous experience, primary cue to depth.  

The factor that contributes to a disorder but, in and of itself, would not have produced it primary cause.  

Medical care involving a visit to a specialist, primary care. Services provided by medical specialists who generally do not have first contact with patients (e.g., cardiologists, urologists, dermatologists). In the United States, however, there has been a trend toward self-referral by patients themselves for these services, rather than referral by primary care providers. This route…

A bacterial infection that develops as a consequence of a primary infection.  

In epidemiology, relationships produced by confounding variables. Indirect association.  

Secondary orgasmic dysfunction.  

A condition in which a woman has ceased menstruating but had previously menstruated at least once, primary amenorrhea. Cessation of menses in women who have menstruated previously but have not had a period in 6 months. Pregnancy is the single most common cause of secondary amenorrhea. It should be excluded before other causes are sought.…

A commercial preparation of one of the barbiturates Developed in 1930.