"intercurrent" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin intercurrens, equivalent to inter- + current. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|intercurrens}} Latin intercurrens, {{prefix|en|inter|current}} inter- + current Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} intercurrent (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) Running between or among, in a physical sense; interlayered. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Translations (Running between or among): междинен (meždinen) (Bulgarian), промеждутъчен (promeždutǎčen) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-intercurrent-en-adj-cxMFyXj6 Disambiguation of 'Running between or among': 61 33 2 3
  2. Coming between, temporally; intervening in time. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-intercurrent-en-adj-9okQFqnB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with inter-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 64 5 15 3 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with inter-: 8 54 12 13 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 65 5 12 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 63 3 14 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 65 2 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 59 7 15 9
  3. (medicine, of a disease or condition) Simultaneous; occurring at the same time as, or during the period of, another condition. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-intercurrent-en-adj--PM2Yqt5 Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
  4. (medicine, of a disease or condition) Not belonging to any particular season. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-intercurrent-en-adj-VNh9LX63 Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: intercurrently Related terms: comorbid

Noun [English]

Forms: intercurrents [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin intercurrens, equivalent to inter- + current. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|intercurrens}} Latin intercurrens, {{prefix|en|inter|current}} inter- + current Head templates: {{en-noun}} intercurrent (plural intercurrents)
  1. (rare, obsolete) Something intervening. Tags: obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-intercurrent-en-noun-MnEjKlxt

Verb [Latin]

Head templates: {{head|la|verb form}} intercurrent
  1. third-person plural future active indicative of intercurrō Tags: active, form-of, future, indicative, plural, third-person Form of: intercurrō
    Sense id: en-intercurrent-la-verb-eTdX1431 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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