a cause which is not the primary or ultimate cause
the distinction between the universal and primary cause and the particular and secondarycause
Examples of 'secondary cause' in a sentence
secondary cause
Blood vessel disease was given as a secondary cause.
The Sun (2018)
Poor light was given as a secondary cause of the crash.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Tests can help to rule out a secondary cause such as scleroderma or rheumatoid arthritis.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This biological response is increasingly viewed as a secondary cause of damage to the heart.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A coroner yesterday accepted a pathologist's findings that the primary cause of death was hypothermia, and the secondary cause was alcohol intoxication.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
At any age secondary causes of infertility, for example, blocked tubes, may also affect fertility.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
And, to be sure, coincidences and collisions need not have any secondary causes within the world.