intercurrent

American  

[in-ter-kur-uhnt, -kuhr-] / ˌɪn tərˈkɜr ənt, -ˈkʌr- /

adjective

1. intervening, as of time or events.

2. Pathology. (of a disease) occurring while another disease is in progress.

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intercurrent British  

/ ˌɪntəˈkʌrənt /

adjective

1. occurring during or in between; intervening

2. pathol (of a disease) occurring during the course of another disease

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Other Word Forms

• intercurrence noun
• intercurrently adverb

Etymology

Origin of intercurrent

1605–15; < Latin intercurrent- (stem of intercurrēns ) present participle of intercurrere to run between. See inter-, current

Example Sentences

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

Of a dozen small kittens, the subjects outgrew the controls rapidly in activity, size, intelligence, and resistance to intercurrent disease.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.

In progressive cases the patient becomes exhausted, and usually dies of some intercurrent affection, particularly phthisis.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

The disease is of slow progress and may become arrested; life may be prolonged for many years, or may be terminated by brain complications or by intercurrent affections.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

This relapse was severe, and before it had entirely run its course was itself interrupted, on Nov. 17th, by an intercurrent relapse, which lasted two weeks.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various