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Definition of Supervenes
1. supervene [v] - See also: supervene
Lexicographical Neighbors of Supervenes
Literary usage of Supervenes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on Clinical Medicine: Delivered at the Hôtel-Dieu, Paris by Armand Trousseau, Pierre Victor Bazire, John Rose Cormack (1870)
"Frequently supervenes in Chronic Laryngitis.—Common Termination of what is called
Laryngeal Phthisis.—Treatment:—Topical Medication is Important. ..."
2. The Diseases of Children: Medical and Surgical by Henry Ashby, George A. Wright, William Perry Northrup, T. Halsted Myers (1893)
"When the pneumonia supervenes on bronchitis, all the symptoms become exaggerated,
the child is restless, the cough shorter and more hacking, ..."
3. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1858)
"... or forty-eight hours, by the administration of the perchloride. The erysipelas
which is still more atonic, aud which supervenes in ..."
4. The London Medical Gazette (1835)
"... anil healthy action supervenes, the exposed surface becomes covered with
granulation«, resembling those which form on other tissues, and which coalesce ..."
5. The British and Foreign Medical Review: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical (1844)
"... some other event than resolution supervenes, it is very probable that some of
the red corpuscles burst and dissolve. See § 89. III. ..."
6. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"common knowledge that in case of accidental injuries blood poison very frequently
supervenes as a result of carelessness or even from unscientific treatment ..."
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