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OCCASIONAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Recurring or reappearing from time to time
Example:
periodic feelings of anxiety
Synonyms:
occasional; periodic
Classified under:
Similar:
sporadic (recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Occurring from time to time
Example:
took an occasional glass of wine
Classified under:
Similar:
infrequent (not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals
Example:
occasional headaches
Synonyms:
episodic; occasional
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unpredictable (not capable of being foretold)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Occurring on a temporary or irregular basis
Example:
an occasional worker
Synonyms:
casual; occasional
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
irregular (contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice)
Context examples:
Requires occasional assistance, but is able to care for most personal needs.
(Karnofsky Performance Status 60, NCI Thesaurus)
Morphologically, there are nodules of tubular glands and occasional papillary structures growing in dilated ducts.
(Pancreatic Intraductal Tubulopapillary Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
A morphologic finding indicating the presence of occasional macrophages in a tissue sample.
(Occasional Macrophages Present, NCI Thesaurus)
It is composed of small, uniform, mature cells resembling pineocytes with occasional large pineocytomatous rosettes.
(Pineocytoma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)
Localized scleroderma typically affects the skin, with formation of patches or lines of thick and unyielding tissue; there can be muscle and underlying tissue involvement as well as occasional joint complications.
(Localized Scleroderma, NCI Thesaurus)
Marked bridging fibrosis with formation of occasional hepatic nodules is present.
(Ishak Score 5, NCI Thesaurus)
Occasional portal to portal bridging fibrosis is present.
(Ishak Score 3, NCI Thesaurus)
The occasional blows of sticks and stones he had previously experienced were as caresses compared with this.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
A cluster of grave yet cheerful pansies on a deeper purple ground was pronounced very appropriate and pretty, and Beth worked away early and late, with occasional lifts over hard parts.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Close behind him he could hear the murmur of the bowmen, the occasional bursts of hoarse laughter, and the champing and stamping of their horses.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
