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Examples
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These seemingly spontaneous cases are usually referred to as Idiopathic frozen shoulder.
We Blog A Lot 2009
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We are not heartless: we've given him helpful printouts on a medical condition known as Idiopathic Craniofacial Erythema - but they only made him turn red.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The school said Thursday that the medical examiner determined John A. Evans had a disease called Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis.
Army Times - News 2009
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CHERNOFF: Idiopathic, meaning doctors found no cause, such as a tumor or blood clot.
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CHERNOFF: Idiopathic, meaning there is no known cause for the seizure.
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CHERNOFF: Idiopathic, meaning that there is no known cause for that seizure, which apparently is fairly common as seizures go.
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CHERNOFF: Idiopathic, meaning doctors couldn't figure out the exact cause of the seizure, which apparently is pretty common for this sort of thing.
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"Idiopathic" literally means not comprehensible, because it never fitted into any known parameters, since it was a new affliction, less documented.
Desicritics 2008
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Idiopathic short stature refers to short stature without an identifiable cause.
Frequently asked questions about childhood growth, height 2010
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ROBERT SIEGEL, host: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a dreadful disease.
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