intercurrence

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noun

A passing or running between; occurrence.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounintercurrence (countable and uncountable, plural intercurrences)

plural intercurrences

  1. countableuncountableA passing or running between; occurrence.

    It is an interesting fact that certain diseases are sometimes benefited if not cured, by the intercurrence of erysipelas.

    1892, Henry M. Lyman, A Text-Book of the Principles and Practices of Medicine, Philadelphia: Lea Brothers, Part 2, Chapter 15, p. 224
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    […] I have observed in grinding of glasses […] sometimes the convex surface of one body being ground upon the concave surface of another, the two surfaces will happen to be so closely and exactly fitted to one another, (their immediate contact in all their parts, or at least in innumerable of them, hindering the intercurrence of the air) that a man is not able without breaking one or both of them to pull them directly asunder […]

    1661, Robert Boyle, “The History of Fluidity and Firmness”, in The Works of Robert Boyle, volume I, London: A. Millar, published 1744, page 255

Origin

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