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primary definition - medical

pri·mar·y (prīˈmĕrˌē, -mə-rē)

adjective
  1. Being first or highest in importance; principal.
  2. Occurring first in time or sequence; earliest.
  3. Preliminary to a later stage of development; primordial; embryonic.
  4. Immediate; direct.
  5. Of, relating to, or being a sequence of amino acids in a protein.

The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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