Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A disease of unknown origin or cause.
- noun A primary disease arising spontaneously with no apparent external cause.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, an idiopathic character of disease; a morbid state or condition not preceded and occasioned by any other disease.
- noun An individual or personal state of feeling; a mental condition peculiar to one's self.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A peculiar, or individual, characteristic or affection.
- noun (Med.) A morbid state or condition not preceded or occasioned by any other disease; a primary disease.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Something
idiopathic ; adisease having no knowncause .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin idiopathīa, primary disease, from Greek idiopatheia : idio-, idio- + -patheia, -pathy.]
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Examples
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And I think a problem in our country today is apathy and idiopathy.
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And I think a problem in our country today is apathy and idiopathy.
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Not coincidence ... more like idiopathy happens by James Strait on Friday, Mar 21, 2008 at 10: 04: 15 PM
john commented on the word idiopathy
Looks like the apathy of idiots. But isn't.
February 13, 2008