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id⋅i⋅o⋅path⋅ic

  [id-ee-uh-path-ik]
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–adjective Pathology.
of unknown cause, as a disease.
Origin:
1660–70; idio- + -pathic

Related forms:
id⋅i⋅o⋅path⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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id·i·o·path·ic   (ĭd'ē-ə-pāth'ĭk, ĭd'ē-ō-)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or designating a disease having no known cause.
id'i·o·path'i·cal·ly adv.
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Idiopathic

Id`i*o*path"ic\, Idiopathical \Id`i*o*path"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. idiopathique.] (Med.) Pertaining to idiopathy; characterizing a disease arising primarily, and not in consequence of some other disease or injury; -- opposed to symptomatic, sympathetic, and traumatic. -- Id`i*o*path"ic*al*ly, adv.
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Main Entry: id·io·path·ic
Pronunciation: "id-E-&-'path-ik
Function: adjective
: arising spontaneously or from an obscure or unknowncause : PRIMARY <idiopathic epilepsy> <idiopathic hypertension> <idiopathicthrombocytopenic purpura> —id·io·path·i·cal·ly /-'path-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb
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idiopathic id·i·o·path·ic (ĭd'ē-ə-pāth'ĭk)
adj.

  1. Of or relating to a disease having no known cause; agnogenic.
  2. Of or relating to a disease that is not the result of any other disease.

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idiopathic   (ĭd'ē-ə-pāth'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to or being a disease having no known cause.
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