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

PROGNOSIS.—Dengue, as has been stated before, scarcely ever terminates fatally unless it is complicated by some intercurrent disease.

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

In mild cases, especially when associated with rickets or syphilis, recovery sometimes takes place, but in the majority the condition progresses, and death results either from convulsions or from some intercurrent disease.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

Pertussis may be cited as an example, the cough of which is sometimes modified by an intercurrent attack of scarlet fever, the symptoms of the latter disease undergoing little change.

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

When, however, in consequence of some intercurrent disease or conditions of malnutrition the general defences of the body become weakened extension follows.

From Disease and Its Causes by Councilman, William Thomas