Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or being a secondary stage of something.
- adjective Being a drug or therapy that is used to treat a condition or disease only after another drug or therapy has been used or considered.
- adjective Of or relating to second-line jazz.
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Examples
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Her doctor told her that if she wanted to live, she would need to go on so-called "second-line" ARVs.
Mark Leon Goldberg: In Cameroon with UNITAID: Keeping HIV Patients Alive and Well Mark Leon Goldberg 2011
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Her doctor told her that if she wanted to live, she would need to go on so-called "second-line" ARVs.
Mark Leon Goldberg: In Cameroon with UNITAID: Keeping HIV Patients Alive and Well Mark Leon Goldberg 2011
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Her doctor told her that if she wanted to live, she would need to go on so-called "second-line" ARVs.
Mark Leon Goldberg: In Cameroon with UNITAID: Keeping HIV Patients Alive and Well Mark Leon Goldberg 2011
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Her doctor told her that if she wanted to live, she would need to go on so-called "second-line" ARVs.
Mark Leon Goldberg: In Cameroon with UNITAID: Keeping HIV Patients Alive and Well Mark Leon Goldberg 2011
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The Capitals took it down to the wire but finally got their second-line center, acquiring veteran Jason Arnott from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for forward David Steckel and, as first reported by Sportsnet's Nick Kypreos, a second-round pick in 2012.
Capitals acquire center Jason Arnott from New Jersey Devils in exchange for David Steckel 2011
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The Capitals could certainly benefit from the addition of a playoff-proven, second-line center and possibly a capable defenseman, too.
On Hockey: As trade deadline nears, Capitals shouldn't be finished yet 2011
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But those patients got a new option in March when the FDA approved Yervoy in all patients with the disease, despite expectations that it would be approved initially as a second-line treatment.
Two Melanoma Drugs Prolong Survival for Some Patients Thomas Gryta 2011
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New Orleans bid Jackson a surprise farewell with a traditional brass-band-led funeral/second-line procession.
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All of our second-line forces which guard our borders, especially with Afghanistan, they were deployed.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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Theodore is also unrestricted and he's probably done; same with Brendan Morrison if the Caps can find another second-line center.
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