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Meaning of IDIOPATHIC

Pronunciation:  `ideeu'pathik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (of diseases) arising from an unknown cause; "idiopathic epilepsy"
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: of unknown origin
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Describing a disease or condition of unknown cause.
 

 

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