intercurrent

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intercurrens, equivalent to inter- +‎ current.

Adjective

intercurrent (not comparable)

1. Running between or among; intervening.

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

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

Noun

intercurrent (plural intercurrents)

1. Something intervening.
   • 1913, Havelock Ellis, Love and Pain

     As fatigue increases, the perception of the intercurrent excitation is retarded; an odor is perceived as exciting before it is perceived as a differentiated sensation

Verb

intercurrent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of intercurrō