| Pronunciation: | `ideeu'pathik | ||
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| Matching Terms: | idiopathic disease, idiopathic disorder, idiopathic hemochromatosis, idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura | ||
 WordNet Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | [adj] (of diseases) arising from an unknown cause; "idiopathic epilepsy" | ||
| 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.
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| Medical Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | of unknown origin | ||
| Biology Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | Describing a disease or condition of unknown cause. | ||
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