Sporadic
Sporadic (-rad"ik) , adjective
[Greek {not transcribed} scattered, from {not transcribed}, {not transcribed}, scattered, from {not transcribed} to sow seed, to scatter like seed: compare French sporadique. See Spore.]
Occurring 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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Sporadic disease (Medicine) , a disease which occurs in single and scattered cases. See the Note under Endemic, a.