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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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