idiopathic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˌɪdioʊˈpæθɪk/
Etymology
From idio- + -pathic. First appears c. 1669, in the publications of William Simpson.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of, relating to, or designating a disease or condition having no known cause.
So when I was diagnosed with a fairly difficult-to-treat disease called idiopathic angioedema and chronic urticaria (a fancy way of saying we don’t know why you swell and hey, enjoy the 24/7 hives) six months ago, I wasn't quite sure how to cope.
2014 January 20, Simona Supekar, “How the Internet Helped Me Cope With My Rare Disease”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2014:Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than six weeks in a child aged 16 or younger. It affects approximately 50,000 children in the United States. Inflammation causes redness, swelling, warmth, and soreness in the joints, although many children with JRA do not complain of joint pain.
2024 September 6, David Zelman, “Understanding Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis -- the Basics”, in WebMD:
Deriveds
idiopathicity · idiopathical · idiopathic facial aseptic granuloma · diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis · idiopathic postprandial syndrome · idiopathically · idiopathic pneumonia syndrome · idiopathic intracranial hypertension · idiopathic hypersomnia · nonidiopathic
Relateds
Synonyms
essential · agnogenic · cryptogenic · primary
Translations (25)
de idiopathisch (disease or condition having no known cause) · ca idiopàtic (disease or condition having no known cause) · pl idiopatyczna (disease or condition having no known cause) · is sjálfvakinn (disease or condition having no known cause) · id idiopatik (disease or condition having no known cause) · hu idiopátiás (disease or condition having no known cause) · fr idiopathique (disease or condition having no known cause) · sv orsakslös (disease or condition having no known cause) · pl idiopatyczny (disease or condition having no known cause) · cmn 特發性 /特发性 (disease or condition having no known cause) · fi idiopaattinen (disease or condition having no known cause) · pt idiopático (disease or condition having no known cause) · el ιδιοπαθής (disease or condition having no known cause) · es idiopático (disease or condition having no known cause) · ru идиопатический (disease or condition having no known cause) · pl idiopatyczne (disease or condition having no known cause) · it idiopatico (disease or condition having no known cause) · sv idiopatisk (disease or condition having no known cause) · ga ideapatach (disease or condition having no known cause) · bg идиопатичен (disease or condition having no known cause) · is frumkvilla- (disease or condition having no known cause) · no idiopatisk (disease or condition having no known cause) · ro idiopatic (disease or condition having no known cause) · ja 特発性 (disease or condition having no known cause) · cs esenciální (disease or condition having no known cause)