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intercurrent

in·ter·cur·rent
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [in-ter-kur-uh nt, -kuhr-]
    • /ˌɪn tərˈkɜr ənt, -ˈkʌr-/
    • /ˌɪn.tərˈk.ɜːənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-ter-kur-uh nt, -kuhr-]
    • /ˌɪn tərˈkɜr ənt, -ˈkʌr-/

Definitions of intercurrent word

  • adjective intercurrent intervening, as of time or events. 1
  • adjective intercurrent Pathology. (of a disease) occurring while another disease is in progress. 1
  • noun intercurrent (of a disease) occurring during the progress of another disease. 1
  • adjective intercurrent occurring during or in between; intervening 0
  • adjective intercurrent (of a disease) occurring during the course of another disease 0
  • adjective intercurrent running between; intervening 0
See all 11 definitions of intercurrent

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Origin of intercurrent

First appearance:

before 1605
One of the 40% oldest English words
1605-15; < Latin intercurrent- (stem of intercurrēns) present participle of intercurrere to run between. See inter-, current

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Parts of speech for Intercurrent

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Intercurrent

intercurrent popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

intercurrent usage trend in Literature

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