The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Primary \Pri"ma*ry\, a. [L. primarius, fr. primus first: cf. F.
   primaire. See Prime, a., and cf. Premier, Primero.]
   1. First in order of time or development or in intention;
      primitive; fundamental; original.
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            The church of Christ, in its primary institution.
                                                  --Bp. Pearson.
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            These I call original, or primary, qualities of
            body.                                 --Locke.
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   2. First in order, as being preparatory to something higher;
      as, primary assemblies; primary schools.
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   3. First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as,
      primary planets; a matter of primary importance.
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   4. (Geol.) Earliest formed; fundamental.
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   5. (Chem.) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by,
      some quality or property in the first degree; having
      undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
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   Primary alcohol (Organic Chem.), any alcohol which possess
      the group CH2.OH, and can be oxidized so as to form a
      corresponding aldehyde and acid having the same number of
      carbon atoms; -- distinguished from secondary & tertiary
      alcohols.

   Primary amine (Chem.), an amine containing the amido group,
      or a derivative of ammonia in which only one atom of
      hydrogen has been replaced by a basic radical; --
      distinguished from secondary & tertiary amines.

   Primary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury
      performed as soon as the shock due to the injury has
      passed away, and before symptoms of inflammation
      supervene.

   Primary axis (Bot.), the main stalk which bears a whole
      cluster of flowers.

   Primary colors. See under Color.

   Primary meeting, a meeting of citizens at which the first
      steps are taken towards the nomination of candidates, etc.
      See Caucus.

   Primary pinna (Bot.), one of those portions of a compound
      leaf or frond which branch off directly from the main
      rhachis or stem, whether simple or compounded.

   Primary planets. (Astron.) See the Note under Planet.

   Primary qualities of bodies, such are essential to and
      inseparable from them.

   Primary quills (Zool.), the largest feathers of the wing of
      a bird; primaries.

   Primary rocks (Geol.), a term early used for rocks supposed
      to have been first formed, being crystalline and
      containing no organic remains, as granite, gneiss, etc.;
      -- called also primitive rocks. The terms Secondary,
      Tertiary, and Quaternary rocks have also been used in like
      manner, but of these the last two only are now in use.

   Primary salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a polybasic acid
      in which only one acid hydrogen atom has been replaced by
      a base or basic radical.

   Primary syphilis (Med.), the initial stage of syphilis,
      including the period from the development of the original
      lesion or chancre to the first manifestation of symptoms
      indicative of general constitutional infection.

   Primary union (Surg.), union without suppuration; union by
      the first intention.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

primary syphilis
    n 1: the first stage; characterized by a chancre at the site of
         infection