SPORADIC, SPORADICAL, adjective [Gr., separate, scattered; whence certain isles of Greece were called Sporades.] Separate; single; scattered; used only in reference to diseases. A sporadic disease, is one which occurs in particular persons and places, in distinction from an epidemic, which affects persons generally or in great numbers.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.