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  • noun In pathology, a secondary affection, the result of another and antecedent affection, as retinitis from nephritis.

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  • noun medicine, dated A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, such as headache from an overloaded stomach.

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek δευτεροπάθεια (deuteropatheia), from δεύτερος (deuteros, "second") + πάθος (pathos, "suffering").

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