Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as Polynesian.
  • [lowercase] Occurring in insulated patches.

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  • adjective medicine, of a disease Having a scattered distribution of foci

Etymologies

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By analogy with the scattered islands of Polynesia

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