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sporadic

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  1. infrequent            
 
spo.rad.ic \sp*-'rad-ik\ \-i-k(*-)le-\ aj [ML sporadicus, fr. Gk 
   sporadikos, fr. sporade-n here and]there, fr. sporad-, sporas scattered; 
   akin to Gk speirein to sow : occurring occasionally, singly, or in 
   scattered instances : SEPARA TE, ISOLATED {~ case of disease} - 
   spo.rad.i.cal.ly av