Idiopathic

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or designating a disease having no known cause.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In pathology, of or pertaining to a primary morbid state; not secondary or arising from any other disease: as, an idiopathic affection: opposed to symptomatic.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to idiopathy; characterizing a disease arising primarily, and not in consequence of some other disease or injury; -- opposed to symptomatic, sympathetic, and traumatic.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or designating a disease or condition having no known cause.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. (of diseases) arising from an unknown cause
  • Word Usage
    "The word idiopathic in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis means no one knows what causes the disease."
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