plural of secondary infection

Asphyxiation caused by irritation of alveoli from the aspiration of liquid, after recovery from immersion into liquid, in the three-day period following the immersion episode.

(law) The legal responsibility arising when a party materially contributes to, facilitates, induces or is otherwise responsible for directly infringing acts carried out by another party.

plural of secondary alcohol

A feature that distinguishes the two sexes of a species, but is not directly part of the reproductive system.

plural of secondary sex characteristic

(education, Britain) In the UK, from 1944 to the 1970s, a secondary school for children who had failed the eleven plus examination.

plural of secondary modern school

The state of being secondary.

(biology) A structure situated between the primary cell wall and the plasma membrane of plant cells