Category:Sporadic

Spo*rad"ic, a. Etym: [gr. sporadique. See spore.]

Defn: 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. Sporadic Disease (med.), a disease which occurs in single and scattered cases. See the note under endemic, a.