Intermittent is a two-gender adjective from Latin flashing. To say that something is intermittent means to say that this thing stops and starts again at intervals, what if manifests intermittently, what is not continuous, which has interruptions.
Since intermittent is the characteristic of something that is not permanent, its antonym is "continuous" or "continuously". The translation of the flashing word to English is intermittent.
Within the scope of medicine, one intermittent fever, is a fever that comes and goes, where high temperatures are interspersed with normal temperatures. The expression intermittent pulse designates a pulse that has irregular intervals.
intermittent claudication
Intermittent claudication is characterized by a cramp, pain, or tiredness that occurs more frequently. in the calf muscles (which may also occur in rarer cases in the foot, thigh, hip or buttock).
Usually this pain appears when the person does some physical exercise (for example, walking), and in the vast majority of cases, it is caused by an insufficiency of arterial circulation in the lower limbs (obstructive arterial disease peripheral).
intermittent inventory
The intermittent inventory system (I.I.I.) is a method of accounting for stocks used by a large number of companies. Through this goods movement system, the company only knows the value of the goods in the warehouse (or in the establishment) and the global cost of sales at the end of the fiscal year (which may be monthly, quarterly or semester).
Intermittent and perennial river
A river with intermittent flow is a river whose water course is not continuous but seasonal or periodic, and its bed dries up during some period of the year. On the other hand, a perennial river is a river that does not dry out, and flows throughout the year.