intercurrent
/ˌɪntɚkˈɝənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Simultaneous; occurring at the same time as, or during the period of, another condition.
adj
Not belonging to any particular season.
Example Sentences
- "Intercurrent Ethereal Substance"
- "[B]esides the intercurrent offices of life, his reception of Visits, answering of Letters, his constant Preaching and Catechising, he found leisure to write his Tract of Fundamentals, his Paraenesis, his Review of the Annotations […]."
- "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 […]."
- "In intercurrent pneumonia, or such as occurs in the course of another disease, the absence of the characteristic expectoration, according to M. Andral, is noticed."
- "As a matter of fact, these drugs are often used […] to save the doctors the trouble of making a diagnosis, or finding out the cause of some intercurrent malady."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin