Intercurrent

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  • adjective. Occurring at the same time as and usually altering the course of another disease.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Noting a pulse in which there is an occasional supernumerary beat.
  • Running between or among; occurring between; intervening.
  • Specifically, in pathology, occurring in a patient already suffering from some disease: said of a second disease.
  • noun. Something that intervenes; an intercurrence; an incident.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Something intervening.
  • adjective. Running between or among; intervening.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Not belonging to any particular season.
  • adjective. Said of diseases occurring in the course of another disease.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Simultaneous; occurring at the same time as, or during the period of, another condition.
  • noun. Something intervening.
  • Word Usage
    "“It moves on to involve the physician in pain management, symptom relief, treatment of other “intercurrent” diseases (such as depressive disorder) that may arise during the first disease, and judicious management of the use of pertinent technology and control of unnecessary or futile interventions.”"
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