idiopathic

idiopathic /id·io·path·ic/ (id″e-o-path´ik) self-originated; occurring without known cause.

id·i·o·path·ic (

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adj.

1. Of or relating to a disease having no known cause; agnogenic.

2. Of or relating to a disease that is not the result of any other disease.

Idiopathic

Of unknown cause or spontaneous origin. JRA is sometimes called juvenile idiopathic arthritis or JIA because its causes are still not fully known.

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idiopathic

[-path′ik]

Etymology: Gk, idios + pathos, disease

without a known cause.

idiopathic [id″e-o-path´ik]

self-originated; occurring without known cause.

idiopathic disease one that exists without any connection with any known cause.

idiopathic (iˈ·dē·ō·paˑ·thik),

adj relating to the development of a disease from an unknown cause.

idiopathic

(id″eopath´ik),
adj with-out apparent cause; of unknown origin.

idiopathic

self-originated; occurring without known cause.

idiopathic adrenocortical atrophy

see primary hypoadrenocorticism.

idiopathic disease

without known cause.

idiopathic hemorrhagic syndrome

see canine ehrlichiosis.

idiopathic peripheral vestibular disease

see canine idiopathic vestibular syndrome, feline ischemic encephalopathy.

idiopathic polyneuritis

see guillain-barré syndrome.

idiopathic thrombocytopenia

see immune-mediated thrombocytopenia.

idiopathic

Relating to any primary pathological condition of unknown origin.

idiopathic

adjective Unknown; of unknown origin, as in a symptom or syndrome that is apparently spontaneous

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acute idiopathic polyneuritis
acute idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
agnogenic
allergic purpura
anaphylactoid purpura
autoimmune thrombocytopenia purpura
chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
chronic nonspecific diarrhea
diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
endomyocardial fibrosis
fibrosis
idiopathic disease
Idiopathic Infiltrative Lung Diseases
idiopathic megacolon
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
IHSS
IMDD
immune thrombocytopenic purpura

Overall, mortality on the lung transplant waiting list has fallen as a result of the changes, especially among those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and cystic fibrosis (CF).

Death rates still high for some lung transplant waitlist patients by Transplant News

However, often no exact cause can be determined and other typical features are lacking - this is then known as idiopathic short stature.

Regulation of 'short stature' gene crucial for growth in kids by Asian News International

Alistair Smith was so grateful to staff at the University of Durham Hospital after they treated him last summer for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura that when he returned to work at his North East office he organised a fundraising event.

Superfit solicitors help Alistair to say thank you by The Journal (Newcastle, England)