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Definition of Idiopathic
1. Adjective. (of diseases) arising from an unknown cause. "Idiopathic epilepsy"
Partainyms: Idiopathy
Definition of Idiopathic
1. a. Pertaining to idiopathy; characterizing a disease arising primarily, and not in consequence of some other disease or injury; -- opposed to symptomatic, sympathetic, and traumatic.
Definition of Idiopathic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Idiopathic
1. Of the nature of an idiopathy, self originated, of unknown causation. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)