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Medical Term:

primary

Pronunciation: prī′mār-ē

Definition:

  1. The first or foremost, as a disease or symptoms to which others may be secondary or occur as complications.
  2. Relating to the first stage of growth or development.

See: primordial

[L. primarius, fr. primus, first]

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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.

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