Dictionary

idiopathy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪdiˈɒpəθi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪdiˈɑpəθi/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Latin idiopathia, from Ancient Greek ἰδιοπάθεια (idiopátheia). By surface analysis, idio- + -pathy. First appears c. 1634, in the publications of Philiatreus (fl. 1630).

Meanings

1. A disease or condition arising spontaneously or having no known cause.
   • The sterilization that was first conceived as a recourse of limited medical reach came to be considered an efficient eugenical procedure that could prevent descendents^([sic]) with hereditary and transmissible disorders, such as mental deficiency, epilepsy, idiopathies, etc. 1970, D. V. Salcedo, M. G. Mujica, “A Study of Sterilized Women in the Urban Communities of the Western Area of Santiago, 1963-1966”, in The Journal of Sex Research, volume 6, number 1, page 42:

Forms

Deriveds

idiopathic

Translations (13)

fr idiopathie (a disease having no known cause) · is frumkvilli (a disease having no known cause) · pt idiopatia (a disease having no known cause) · hu idiopátia (a disease having no known cause) · mk идиопатија (a disease having no known cause) · es idiopatía (a disease having no known cause) · ja 特発 (a disease having no known cause) · it idiopatia (a disease having no known cause) · gl idiopatía (a disease having no known cause) · ru идиопатия (a disease having no known cause) · ca idiopatia (a disease having no known cause) · no idiopati (a disease having no known cause) · el ιδιοπάθεια (a disease having no known cause)