tertiary

tertiary definition - medical

ter·ti·ar·y (tûrˈshē-ĕrˌē)

adjective
  1. Third in place, order, degree, or rank.
  2. Of or relating to salts of acids containing three replaceable hydrogen atoms.
  3. Of or relating to organic compounds in which a group is bound to three nonelementary radicals.

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