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21intermittent leave — Leave taken under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in separate blocks of time rather than all at once. For example, an employee with chronic asthma may occasionally need a day or afternoon off when the condition flares up, or an employee… …
22intermittent — I adjective alternate, broken, cyclic, cyclical, desultory, discontinuous, fitful, flickering, fluctuating, infrequent, intermitting, interrupted, irregular, nonuniform, occasional, periodic, recurrent, recurring, remittent, rhythmic, seasonal,… …
23intermittent claudication — n cramping pain and weakness in the legs and esp. the calves on walking that disappears after rest and is usu. associated with inadequate blood supply to the muscles (as in Buerger s disease or arteriosclerosis) * * * see claudication * * * a… …
24intermittent explosive disorder — intermittent ex·plo·sive disorder ik splō siv , ziv n a personality disorder characterized by repeated episodes of violent aggressive behavior in an otherwise normal individual that is out of proportion to the events provoking it * * * [DSM IV]… …
25intermittent pulse — n a pulse that occas. skips a cardiac beat * * * a pulse in which various beats are dropped. Called also dropped beat p …
26intermittent — (adj.) c.1600, from L. intermittentem (nom. intermittens), prp. of intermittere (see INTERMISSION (Cf. intermission)). Related: Intermittently …
27intermittent — meaning ‘occurring at intervals’, is spelt ent …
28intermittent — [adj] irregular, sporadic alternate, arrested, broken, by bits and pieces*, checked, cyclic, cyclical, discontinuing, discontinuous, epochal, every other, fitful, here and there*, hit or miss*, infrequent, interrupted, isochronal, isochronous,… …
29intermittent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ occurring at irregular intervals. DERIVATIVES intermittency noun intermittently adverb. ORIGIN Latin, ceasing , from intermittere (see INTERMISSION(Cf. ↑intermission)) …
30intermittent current — n. Elec. a direct current interrupted at regular or irregular intervals …
