derived from or depending on what is primary, original, or first
a secondary source
3.
below the first in rank, importance, etc; not of major importance
4. (prenominal)
of or relating to the education of young people between the ages of 11 and 18
secondary education
5.
(of the flight feathers of a bird's wing) growing from the ulna
6.
a.
being the part of an electric circuit, such as a transformer or induction coil, in which a current is induced by a changing current in a neighbouring coil
a secondary coil
b.
(of a current) flowing in such a circuit
Compare primary (sense 7)
7.
(of an industry) involving the manufacture of goods from raw materials
Compare primary (sense 8b), tertiary (sense 2)
8. geology
(of minerals) formed by the alteration of pre-existing minerals
9. chemistry
a.
(of an organic compound) having a functional group attached to a carbon atom that is attached to one hydrogen atom and two other groups
b.
(of an amine) having only two organic groups attached to a nitrogen atom; containing the group NH
c.
(of a salt) derived from a tribasic acid by replacement of two acidic hydrogen atoms with metal atoms or electropositive groups
10. linguistics
a.
derived from a word that is itself a derivation from another word. Thus, lovably comes from lovable and is a secondary derivative from love
b. (of a tense in Latin, Greek, or Sanskrit) another word for historic (sense 3)
nounWord forms: plural-aries
11.
a person or thing that is secondary
12.
a subordinate, deputy, or inferior
13.
a secondary coil, winding, inductance, or current in an electric circuit
14. ornithology
any of the flight feathers that grow from the ulna of a bird's wing
primary (sense 6)
15. astronomy
a celestial body that orbits around a specified primary body
the moon is the secondary of the earth
16. medicine
a cancerous growth in some part of the body away from the site of the original tumour
17. the secondary
18. short for secondary colour
Derived forms
secondarily (ˈsecondarily)
adverb
secondariness (ˈsecondariness)
noun
Examples of 'secondary tumour' in a sentence
secondary tumour
She had a brain tumour, and then a secondary tumour was discovered.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It had been thought his cancer was in remission, but the latest deterioration in his health coincides with reports of a secondary tumour.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But doctors now believe a secondary tumour is present — and he has worryingly developed pneumonia.
The Sun (2012)
It was discovered that she had secondary tumours in her liver and both lungs.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The melon-size growths were secondary tumours from bowel cancer she was being treated for.
The Sun (2017)
Most deaths from the condition are caused by secondary tumours.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
One patient saw her deadly secondary tumours disappear after being given nivolumab, which is injected into the bloodstream and stops cancer cells hiding.
The Sun (2015)
This is the point at which, with secondary tumours swarming, normal treatments operate on the 'if it isn't hurting, it isn't working' principle.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Secondary tumours then disappeared in her lungs, shrunk in her liver and stabilised in her brain.
The Sun (2015)
However, these numbers don't include non-cancerous tumours or instances of metastatic or secondary tumoursappearing in patients who have already had cancer diagnosed elsewhere.