The Collaborative International Dictionary
Intercurrent \In`ter*cur"rent\, a. [L. intercurrens, p. pr. of intercurrere: cf. F. intercurrent. See Intercur.]
Running between or among; intervening.
--Boyle.
--Bp. Fell.-
(Med.)
Not belonging to any particular season.
Said of diseases occurring in the course of another disease.
--Dunglison.
Intercurrent \In`ter*cur"rent\, n.
Something intervening.
--Holland.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Running between or among; intervening. 2 (context medicine of a disease or condition English) simultaneous; occurring at the same time as, or during the period of, another condition. 3 (context medicine of a disease or condition English) Not belonging to any particular season. n. Something intervening.
Usage examples of "intercurrent".
But he was liable to intercurrent fits of jealousy and rage, such as the light-hued races are hardly capable of conceiving, blinding paroxysms of passion, which for the time overmastered him, and which, if they found no ready outlet, transformed themselves into the more dangerous forces that worked through the instrumentality of his cool craftiness.