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SPORADIC [3 records]

Record 1 2016-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
OBS

sporadic: term applied to malaria when autochthonous cases are too few and scattered to cause any appreciable effect on the community.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale
  • Épidémiologie
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
CONT

Paludisme sporadique. Paludisme représenté par des cas autochtones trop peu nombreux et trop disséminés pour exercer une action appréciable sur la collectivité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina
  • Epidemiología
  • Microbiología y parasitología
DEF

Dicho de una enfermedad, que no tiene carácter epidémico ni endémico.

OBS

Poco frecuente, ocasional.

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Record 2 2010-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Space Physics
DEF

Intermittent layer of the ionosphere, of limited horizontal extent, in the E region.

OBS

Es layer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Physique spatiale
DEF

Couche de l'ionosphère, généralement intermittente et d'étendue horizontale limitée, dans la région E.

OBS

couche Es

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
  • Física espacial
DEF

Capa ionosférica intermitente, de extensión horizontal limitada, situada en la región E.

OBS

capa es

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Record 3 2004-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
DEF

Occurring here and there without continuous range.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
DEF

Que habitualmente vive, se presenta y se reproduce en forma salpicada o individual.

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