second intention
Americannoun
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"Abracadabra is a second intention" is neither true nor false.
From A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. I by John Stuart Mill
"You mean the second intention, don't you?" sais I. "No," he replied, "I mean what I say."
From Nature and Human Nature by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Healing by second intention is characterized by pus formation and granulation tissue.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.
Still, the second intention is not difficult to guess.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
In his second chapter on healing he talks about healing by first and second intention.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by James Joseph Walsh
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