sporadic /spo·rad·ic/ (spo-rad´ic) occurring singly; widely scattered; not epidemic or endemic.
Sporadic
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spo·rad·ic (sp -r d  k, spô-) or spo·rad·i·cal (--kl)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.
sporadic
[spôrat′ik]
Etymology: Gk, sporaden, scattered
(of a number of events) occurring at scattered, intermittent, and apparently random intervals.
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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