Intercurrent meaning

ĭn'tər-kûr'ənt, -kŭr'-
Occurring at the same time as and usually altering the course of another disease.
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Running between; intervening.
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Occurring during another disease and modifying it.
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Occurring at the same time as and usually altering the course of another disease.
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Running between or among; intervening.

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(medicine, of a disease or condition) Simultaneous; occurring at the same time as, or during the period of, another condition.

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(medicine, of a disease or condition) Not belonging to any particular season.
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Something intervening.

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Origin of intercurrent

  • Latin intercurrēns intercurrent- present participle of intercurrere to mingle with intercourse
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • Latin intercurrens, equivalent to inter- +‎ current.
    From Wiktionary

Intercurrent Sentence Examples

  • While not directly causing death, morphinism so lowers the bodily powers that the patient is easily carried off by some intercurrent malady.

  • He had previously received anticoagulants for the treatment of an intercurrent illness.

  • intercurrent illness or a reaction to the early introduction of cereals.

  • intercurrent infection or are in poor nutritional status.

  • intercurrent disease was higher than the risk of dying from prostate cancer.

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