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INTERMITTENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stopping and starting at irregular intervals
Example:
intermittent rain showers
Classified under:
Similar:
sporadic (recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances)
Derivation:
intermittence; intermittency (the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping)
Context examples:
He had only intermittent use of it.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Due to their location, chronic or intermittent hydrocephalus can result.
(Intracranial Colloid Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)
An electrocardiographic finding of intermittent failure of atrial electrical impulse conduction to the ventricles, characterized by two or more consecutive non-conducted P waves.
(High Grade Atrioventricular Block by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Based on a series of mud cracks at a location named "Old Soaker," the team already knew the area had intermittent drier periods.
(NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds an Ancient Oasis on Mars, NASA)
A cardiac rhythm characterized by a regular sinus/atrial rhythm with intermittent nonconducted P waves.
(Mobitz II, NCI Thesaurus)
The man was an intermittent drunkard, and when he had the fit on him he was a perfect fiend.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
His pulse was feeble and intermittent, but his breathing grew longer, and there was a little shivering of his eyelids, which showed a thin white slit of ball beneath.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Intermittent failure of atrial electrical impulse conduction to the ventricles.
(AV Block Second Degree, NCI Thesaurus)
Failure to capture manifests as a high pacing threshold that results in either intermittent failure to capture at maximal programmed output or excessive battery drain leading to premature battery exhaustion.
(Failure of Cardiac Pacemaker to Capture, NCI Thesaurus)
An electrocardiographic finding of intermittent failure of atrial electrical impulse conduction to the ventricles, characterized by a progressively lengthening PR interval prior to the block of an atrial impulse.
(AV Block Second Degree Mobitz Type I by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
