Medical Dictionary
supervene
vi su·per·vene \ˌsü-pər-ˈvēn\
su·per·venedsu·per·ven·ing
Medical Definition of SUPERVENE
: to follow or result as an additional, adventitious, or unlooked-for development (as in the course of a disease) <the majority of patients die once this complication supervenes—Scientific American Medicine>
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