- running between; intervening
- Med. occurring during another disease and modifying it
Origin of intercurrent
Classical Latin intercurrens, present participle of intercurrere: see inter- and currentintercurrent
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intercurrent
adjective
Occurring at the same time as and usually altering the course of another disease.
Origin of intercurrent
Latin intercurrēns intercurrent- present participle of intercurrere to mingle with ; see intercourse .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(not comparable)
- Running between or among; intervening.
- (medicine, of a disease or condition) Simultaneous; occurring at the same time as, or during the period of, another condition.
- (medicine, of a disease or condition) Not belonging to any particular season.
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intercurrent - Medical Definition
adj.
Occurring at the same time as and usually altering the course of another disease.
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