1) Discontinuous 2) Fitful 3) Infrequent 4) Intermittent 5) Irregular 6) Isolated 7) Noncontinuous 8) Not regular 9) Occasional 10) Occurring irregularly 11) Periodic 12) Scattered 13) Spasmodic 14) Stray 15) Unpredictable
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1) Disturbed 2) Episodic 3) Erratic 4) Fitful 5) Infrequent 6) Intermittent 7) Irregular 8) Isolated 9) Noncontinuous 10) Periodic 11) Rare 12) Stray
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• (a.) Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a flower.
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(Gr. sporadikos scattered; L. sporadicus) neither endemic nor epidemic; occurring occasionally in a random or isolated manner.
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usually refers to a condition that happens by chance.
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Neither endemic nor epidemic, occurring occasionally in a random or isolated manner. ... Origin: Gr. Sporadikos = scattered, L. Sporadicus ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(spә-rad´ik) occurring singly; widely scattered; not epidemic or endemic.
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Occurring occasionally.
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Of a tumour or genetic disease, a novel occurrence without any previous family history of the disease (cf. inherited). Examples of diseases with both sporadic and inherited forms: retinoblastoma, Wilms&` tumour.
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Spo·rad'ic adjective [ Greek ... scattered, from ..., ..., scattered, from ... to sow seed, to scatter like seed: confer French
sporadique . See
Spore .] Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a
sporadic firebal...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: spō-rad′ik Definitions: 1. Denoting a temporal pattern of disease occurrence in an animal or human population in which the disease occurs only rarely and without regularity. 2. In the genetic context, sporadic denotes a singleton or sport. Several quite different and disparate phenomena are covered by this term,...
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Sporadic: Occurring upon occasion or in a scattered, isolated or seemingly random way. A disorder that is sporadic is by definition neither an endemic, an epidemic, nor a pandemic: An endemic is present in a community at all times but in low frequency. An endemic is continuous, as in the case of malaria in some areas of the world or as with illicit...
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[
adj] - recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances
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adjective recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances; `a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids`
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[SAT terms] recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
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