sporadic, sporadIcal

[Low Lat. sporadic us, from Gr. sporadikos =scattered, from spo ras (gen it. sporados)=scattered, from speiro -to scatter; Fr. sporadique.] 1. Ord . Lang .: Separate, single, scattered; occurring singly or apart from other things of the same kind. "Under these circumstances the cholera which has broken out at Montreuil would appear to be local, and sporadis."-London Daily Telegraph. 2. Biol .: Applied to animals and plants spread over wide areas. sporadic-disease, s . Pathol.: A disease which, being normally an epi chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia sporadically spō-răd-Ic-al-ly, adv. [Eng. sporadical; -ly.] In a sporadic or scattered manner; separately, singly. They are due to causes acting universally, and not sporadically in one or more centers." Dawkins: Early Man in Britain , ch. i. spör-ăn-gi-as-tër, s . [Mod. Lat. sporangi ( um ), and Gr. aster =a star.] Bot. ( pl .): Certain bodies, often clavate, intermixed with the spore-cases in some ferns. Probably abortive sporangia. ( Treas . of Bot .) spör-ăn-gid-1-ŭm (pl. spör-ăn-gid-1-a), subst . [Mod. Lat. sporangium , and Gr. eidos =form.] Bot.: The inner ser i sof organs to which the peristome belongs in t. e sule of a mo . spör-ăn-gi-õle, spör-an-gi-ō-lum ( pl. spörăn-gi-ō-lạ, 8. [Mod. Lat. dim in. from sporangium (q. v.).] Bot.: A case containing poridia in Fungals. spör-ăn-gi-o-phöre, spör-ăn-gi-oph-or-um ( pl. spör-ăn-gi-oph-or-a), s. [Mod. Lat.sporan gium and Gr.phoros bearing.] Bot.: The axis or columella on which the spore cases are borne in some ferns; the filaments bearing the sporangia in some fungals. spör-ăn-gi-um ( pl . spör-ăn-gi-a), s . [Pref. spor- , and Gr. anggeion =a ve el, a pail, a capsule.] Bot.: The case in which the spores are contained in flowerle plants. It varies in the different orders.