supervene


su·per·vene

vi \ˌsü-pər-ˈvēn\
su·per·venedsu·per·ven·ing

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 supervenesScientific American Medicine>

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