intercurrent

/in-ter-kur-uhnt, -kuhr-/US // ˌɪn tərˈkɜr ənt, -ˈkʌr- //UK // (ˌɪntəˈkʌrənt) //

间流,间歇期,间歇性,间歇性的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : intervening, as of time or events.
- : Pathology. occurring while another disease is in progress.

In those rare instances of generalized disease the patient has usually died from an intercurrent tuberculosis.
Death may occur as the result of exhaustion, or a congestive seizure, or of some intercurrent illness.
Intercurrent Pneumonia is more common among them than any other class of people.
In progressive cases the patient becomes exhausted, and usually dies of some intercurrent affection, particularly phthisis.
The legs and trunk atrophy, and death comes from an intercurrent disease.