Medical Definition of Secondary failure

1. Failure of the function of an organ as a result of antecedent pathology elsewhere, decreasing responsiveness to a drug after an initial satisfactory response, usually occurring several months after initiation of treatment. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Secondary Failure

secondary diagonal
secondary digestion
secondary disease
secondary drives
secondary drowning
secondary dysmenorrhea
secondary dysmenorrhoea
secondary education
secondary egg membrane
secondary electron
secondary electron imaging
secondary emission
secondary emissions
secondary encephalitis
secondary energy
secondary failure (current term)
secondary fermentation
secondary fissure of cerebellum
secondary follicle
secondary gain
secondary generalised epilepsy
secondary glaucoma
secondary haemorrhage
secondary homonym
secondary host
secondary hydrocephalus
secondary hyperparathyroidism
secondary hypertension
secondary hyperthyroidism
secondary hypogammaglobulinaemia

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