primary lesion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprimaryandlesion
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primary
adjective
uk/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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lesion
noun[C]
uk/ˈliː.ʒən/us/ˈliː.ʒən/
an injury to a person's body or to an organ inside ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandlesionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We postulate further that thisprimarylesionleads in turn to failures in other components of the machinery involved in chromosome separation at anaphase.
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Rabbits showed only mild clinical signs at day 10 with scores of 0 to 1 and three rabbits had a very slightprimarylesion.
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First, it must be established that the tricuspid regurgitation is not a secondary phenomenon resulting from some otherprimarylesion.
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In cases where no intervention was necessary, theprimarylesionwas considered that which produced the most haemodynamic disturbance.
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Theprimarylesionwas considered that lesion which first required intervention.
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Clinical signs of myxomatosis following inoculation, excluding theprimarylesion, are usually not detectable until 10 days or later in wild rabbits of the weight range sampled.
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A secondary hydrocele subsides when theprimarylesionresolves.
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Radioguidance for nonpalpable primary lesions and sentinel lymph node(s).
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Most of the virus strains tested induced very small or invisible primary lesions at the inoculation site.
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There is almost always aprimarylesionelsewhere in the body that must be sought assiduously, because failure to treat the primary lesion will result in relapse.
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Primary lesions were seen on two other feeding sites.
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This initial condition, known as aprimarylesion, causes an abnormal level of wear and tear and gradual degradation of the joint, at times disabling or with chronic pain.
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These rabbits showed more obvious primary lesions with 8 of 10 animals scored as positive at day 10.
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It was found that the drug had most wonderful effects in healing up the primary lesions in this condition.
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Over time, these primary lesions may continue to develop or be modified by regression or trauma, producing secondary lesions.
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These abnormalities, known as' primary lesions', give rise to osteoarthritic processes.
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