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sporadic /spo·rad·ic/ (spo-rad´ic) occurring singly; widely scattered; not epidemic or endemic.

spo·rad·ic (sp

-r

k, spô-) or spo·rad·i·cal (-

-k

adj.

1. Occurring at irregular intervals.

2. Occurring singly; not grouped.

Sporadic

Occurring at random or by chance, and not as a result of a genetically determined, or inherited, trait.

Mentioned in: Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Gastrinoma, Ichthyosis

sporadic

[spôrat′ik]

Etymology: Gk, sporaden, scattered

(of a number of events) occurring at scattered, intermittent, and apparently random intervals.

sporadic [spŏ-rad´ik]

occurring singly; widely scattered; not epidemic or endemic.

sporadic

occurring irregularly, usually infrequently.

sporadic

Epidemiology adjective Referring to a noninherited condition that arises rarely in a particular population Genetics adjective Referring to an event attributable to changes in somatic DNA, which may be inherited, but unpredictably

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