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
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
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 John T. (John Thompson) MacCurdy
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 William Thomas Councilman
It is to hypnotism in the first place that we may look for an increased power of analysis of these intercurrent streams, these irregularly super-posed strata of our psychical being.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
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