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intercurrent

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in·ter·cur·rent  (ntr-kûrnt, -kr-)
adj.
Occurring at the same time as and usually altering the course of another disease.

[Latin intercurrns, intercurrent-, present participle of intercurrere, to mingle with; see intercourse.]

intercurrent [ˌɪntəˈkʌrənt]
adj
1. occurring during or in between; intervening
2. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol (of a disease) occurring during the course of another disease
intercurrence  n
intercurrently  adv


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They note several limitations: the fact that they could not verify viral load and CD4 measures; an average delay of 2 months between CD4 count and viral load test; and a lack of information about seasonal variations in CD4 count or changes in CD4 count due to intercurrent illnesses such as malaria.
[section]) Mice inoculated with the antler velvet preparation from elk 03-0306 had an unusually high rate of intercurrent illnesses, resulting in early euthanasia of 5 inoculated mice.
 
 
 
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