idiopathy

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
17
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ɪdiˈɑpəθi/
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/ɪdiˈɑpəθi/ · /ɪdiˈɒpəθi/

Definition of idiopathy

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A disease or condition arising spontaneously or having no known cause.
    “The sterilization that was first conceived as a recourse of limited medical reach came to be considered an efficient eugenical procedure that could prevent descendents^([sic]) with hereditary and transmissible disorders, such as mental deficiency, epilepsy, idiopathies, etc.”

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Etymology

From Latin idiopathia, from Ancient Greek ἰδιοπάθεια (idiopátheia). By surface analysis, idio- + -pathy. First appears c. 1634, in the publications of Philiatreus (fl. 1630).

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