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cryptogenic /cryp·to·gen·ic/ (krip″to-jen´ik) of obscure or doubtful origin.
cryp·to·gen·ic (krpt-jnk)
adj.
Of obscure or unknown origin. Used of diseases.
cryptogenic
[-jen′ik]
Etymology: Gk, kryptos, hidden, genein, to produce
1  adj, pertaining to a disease of unknown cause.
2  n, a parasitic organism living within another organism.
cryptogenic [krip″to-jen´ik]
of obscure or doubtful origin.
cryptogenic (krip´tōjen´ik),
n a condition distinguished by an unknown cause.
cryptogenic
of obscure or doubtful origin.
cryptogenic
adjective Of unknown origin; idiopathic
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