† inˈtercident, a. Obs.
[ad. L. intercident-em, pr. pple. of intercidĕre: see intercide v.2]
1. Med. Of days in an illness: Falling between the critical and judicial days.
| 1603 Sir C. Heydon Jud. Astrol. xxi. 424 In these 20 daies..the septenaries be Criticall, the quaternaries, iudiciall: all the rest, intercident, and of least force. 1685 Boyle Enq. Notion Nat. vi. 226 She [Nature] rouses herself up to make a crisis..on improper, and, as Physicians call them, intercident days, such as the third, fifth, ninth. |
2. Path. Of the pulse: cf. intercadence.
(Littré has F. intercédent in this sense.)
| 1665 Harvey Adv. agst. Plague 3 In a Malign Pestilent Feaver [the pulse is] thick, low, languid..quavering and intercident. |
So † interciˈdental a. = prec. 1. Obs.
| 1658 Culpepper Astrol. Judgem. Dis. 22 Another time is called Intercidental, which is a time falls out between the Judicial dayes and Critical. 1671 Blagrave Astrol. Physic 22 The intercidental time or divident part of the circle is not so dangerous, as the judicial time or part. |