intercurrent
Americanadjective
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intervening, as of time or events.
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Pathology. (of a disease) occurring while another disease is in progress.
adjective
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occurring during or in between; intervening
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pathol (of a disease) occurring during the course of another disease
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of intercurrent
1605–15; < Latin intercurrent- (stem of intercurrēns ) present participle of intercurrere to run between. See inter-, current
Example Sentences
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Both girls were suffering from infections before they died, and the scientists suggested that: "A fatal arrhythmic event may have been triggered by their intercurrent infections."
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2021
The possibility of the three high temperatures with leucocytosis being due to intercurrent infections must be considered.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)
Patients are not infrequently carried off by intercurrent disease.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
If we were not faced with an obvious relationship to manic-depressive insanity, where such symptoms are usually accidental and intercurrent, we would accept this explanation, but this quandary necessitates further analysis.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)
A patient with these restrictions may live for years with a serious valvular defect and may die of some intercurrent disease which has nothing to do with the circulatory system.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
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