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A disease or condition arising spontaneously or having no known cause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: idiopathic disease, idiopathic disorder
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disorder, upset
From Latin idiopathia, from Ancient Greek ἰδιοπάθεια (idiopátheia). By surface analysis, idio- + -pathy. First appears c. 1634, in the publications of Philiatreus (fl. 1630).
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
idiopatia
— a disease having no known cause
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French:
idiopathie
— a disease having no known cause
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Galician:
idiopatía
— a disease having no known cause
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Greek:
ιδιοπάθεια
(idiopátheia)
— a disease having no known cause
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Hungarian:
idiopátia
— a disease having no known cause
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Icelandic:
frumkvilli
— a disease having no known cause
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Italian:
idiopatia
— a disease having no known cause
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Japanese:
特発
(tokuhatsu)
— a disease having no known cause
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Norwegian:
idiopati
— a disease having no known cause
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Portuguese:
idiopatia
— a disease having no known cause
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Russian:
идиопатия
(idiopatija)
— a disease having no known cause
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Spanish:
idiopatía
— a disease having no known cause