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单词 sporadic
释义
spo·rad·ic (spə-rădĭk, spô-)
adj.
1. Occurring at irregular intervals or in isolated or scattered places; having no pattern or order: his sporadic attendance in class; rebels who put up sporadic resistance. See Synonyms at periodic.
2. Medicine Not epidemic, endemic, or inherited. Used of a disease or condition: Most cancers are sporadic, caused by genetic mutations that are not heritable.

[Medieval Latin sporadicus, scattered, from Greek sporadikos, from sporas, sporad-; see sper- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

spo·radi·cal·ly adv.
spo·radi·cal·ness n.
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