From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishepisodicep‧i‧sod‧ic /ˌepəˈsɒdɪk◂ $ -ˈsɑː-/ adjective formal1REGULARsomething that is episodic happens from time to time and then stops for a while, rather than happening all the timehis episodic involvement in politics2PARTan episodic story or memory is one in which a lot of different events happen that do not follow on from each otherExamples from the Corpusepisodic• Nothing is world-wide, but everything is episodic.• So long as these remain at the centre of any newsgathering institution, then the risk of episodic and trivialcoverage increases.• The events are presented in episodic form, as a continuousnarrativetossed antiphonally to and fro between the actresses.• These infections may be accompanied by clinically undetectedbaseline and episodic hypoxaemia.• Most fieldwork is simply episodic, made by an outsider moving in for a period to assessobservedsocialbehaviour.• The problem is especially serious for an episodic memory, which is a uniquecategory that ties together a series of elements.• This illness is characterized by episodicneckpain.• Despite appearances, El Retablo is neither episodic, nor meant to sound unpolished.• Repetitions, as in a child practicing handwriting, are what distinguishprocedural memories from episodic ones.• an episodicTVprogram