Origin: Latin prefix inter-
Intermittent has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
An intermittent fever or disease.
"The doctor warned that his malaria was an intermittent disease, causing him to spike in temperature every few hours before returning to normal."
Stopping and starting, occuring, or presenting at intervals; coming after a particular time span.
"The power went out in an intermittent pattern throughout the night, leaving us guessing when it would return."