【医】 第二期愈合

Second \Sec"ond\, a. [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly,
following, fr. sequi to follow. See {Sue} to follow, and cf.
{Secund}.]
1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in
order of place or time; hence, occurring again; another;
other.

And he slept and dreamed the second time. --Gen.
xli. 5.

2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or
rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.

May the day when we become the second people upon
earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation.
--Landor.

3. Being of the same kind as another that has preceded;
another, like a prototype; as, a second Cato; a second
Troy; a second deluge.

A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel! --Shak.

{Second Adventist}. See {Adventist}.

{Second cousin}, the child of a cousin.

{Second-cut file}. See under {File}.

{Second distance} (Art), that part of a picture between the
foreground and the background; -- called also {middle
ground}, or {middle distance}. [R.]

{Second estate} (Eng.), the House of Peers.

{Second girl}, a female house-servant who does the lighter
work, as chamber work or waiting on table.

{Second intention}. See under {Intention}.

{Second story}, {Second floor}, in America, the second range
of rooms from the street level. This, in England, is
called the {first floor}, the one beneath being the
{ground floor}.

{Second thought} or {Second thoughts}, consideration of a
matter following a first impulse or impression;
reconsideration.

On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you had
known him. --Dickens.


Intention \In*ten"tion\, n. [F. intention, L. intentio. See
{Intend}, and cf. {Intension}.]
1. A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object;
closeness of application; fixedness of attention;
earnestness.

Intention is when the mind, with great earnestness,
and of choice, fixes its view on any idea. --Locke.

2. A determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain
thing; purpose; design; as, an intention to go to New
York.

Hell is paved with good intentions. --Johnson.

3. The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end;
aim.

In [chronical distempers], the principal intention
is to restore the tone of the solid parts.
--Arbuthnot.

4. The state of being strained. See {Intension}. [Obs.]

5. (Logic) Any mental apprehension of an object.

{First intention} (Logic), a conception of a thing formed by
the first or direct application of the mind to the
individual object; an idea or image; as, man, stone.

{Second intention} (Logic), a conception generalized from
first intuition or apprehension already formed by the
mind; an abstract notion; especially, a classified notion,
as species, genus, whiteness.

{To heal by the first intention} (Surg.), to cicatrize, as a
wound, without suppuration.

{To heal by the second intention} (Surg.), to unite after
suppuration.

Syn: Design; purpose; object; aim; intent; drift; purport;
meaning. See {Design}.