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intercurrent

Syllabification: (in·ter·cur·rent)
Pronunciation: /ˌintərˈkərənt, -ˈkə-rənt/

Definition of intercurrent

adjective

  • 1 Medicine (of a disease) occurring during the progress of another disease:complicated by intercurrent infection with other microbes
  • 2 rare (of a time or event) intervening.

Origin:

early 17th century: from Latin intercurrent- 'intervening', from the verb intercurrere

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