A term applied to a disease or disorder that results from or follows another disease (the primary disease). It also refers to a malignant tumour that has spread from a primary cancer elsewhere in the body (see metastasis).
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A term applied to a disease or disorder that results from or follows another disease (the primary disease). It also refers to a malignant tumour that has spread from a primary cancer elsewhere in the body (see metastasis). |
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