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- Dictionarysporadic/spəˈradɪk/
adjective
- 1. occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated: "sporadic fighting broke out"
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3 days ago · Sporadic MVPA was an important component of the total MVPA time. However, our study did not find an association between sporadic MVPA and PF. The reason why no association between sporadic MVPA and PF was found may be that our study sample had relatively healthier PF levels and that sporadic MVPA was not sufficient to improve PF.
4 days ago · The vast majority of cancers are non-hereditary (sporadic). Hereditary cancers are primarily caused by an inherited genetic defect. Less than 0.3% of the population are carriers of a genetic mutation that has a large effect on cancer risk and these cause less than 3–10% of cancer.
3 days ago · Intraparotid gland neurofibroma is a rare benign tumor that arises from Schwann cells of the facial nerve within the parotid gland. This case report discusses a 41-year-old woman who experienced a painless preauricular swelling on her right side for over 5 years. Clinical examination and ultrasound revealed a well-defined mass in the parotid gland.
4 days ago · An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable disease, is an illness resulting from an infection. Infections can be caused by a wide range of pathogens, most prominently bacteria and viruses. [2] . Hosts can fight infections using their immune systems.
5 days ago · They define Alzheimer's disease through three major stages: preclinical, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and Alzheimer's dementia. Diagnosis in the preclinical stage is complex and focuses on asymptomatic individuals; the latter two stages describe individuals experiencing symptoms.
6 days ago · The meaning of sporadic is ‘occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated or occasional or infrequent’. And we must find the correct answer from the options given whose meaning is the same as sporadic.
3 days ago · A survey of low-income adults in four southern US states shows that nearly half of those disenrolled from Medicaid after COVID-19 pandemic protections ended had no insurance in late 2023, leading to struggles to afford healthcare and prescription drugs and threatening to broaden a gap that had narrowed during expanded governmental benefits.
6 days ago · sporadic prion disease, then investigations may more logically focus on clonal somatic mutations, which are shared by multiple cells of common lineage. Of note, a disease-
6 days ago · science, any system of knowledge that is concerned with the physical world and its phenomena and that entails unbiased observations and systematic experimentation. In general, a science involves a pursuit of knowledge covering general truths or the operations of fundamental laws.
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