Definition of idiopathic in English:
idiopathic
adjective ˌɪdɪə(ʊ)ˈpaθɪkˌɪdiəˈpæθɪk
Medicine Relating to or denoting any disease or condition which arises spontaneously or for which the cause is unknown.
Example sentencesExamples
- Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are idiopathic inflammatory disorders of unknown aetiology.
- Panayiotopoulos syndrome is a new idiopathic childhood epilepsy, recently recognised by the International League Against Epilepsy.
- Little is known about the pathogenesis of cough in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
- Psychiatric symptoms frequently coexist with idiopathic Parkinson's disease and are often underdiagnosed and poorly treated.
- Basically, idiopathic pericarditis is a disease of exclusion.
Definition of idiopathic in US English:
idiopathic
adjectiveˌɪdiəˈpæθɪkˌidēəˈpaTHik
Medicine Relating to or denoting any disease or condition which arises spontaneously or for which the cause is unknown.
Example sentencesExamples
- Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are idiopathic inflammatory disorders of unknown aetiology.
- Panayiotopoulos syndrome is a new idiopathic childhood epilepsy, recently recognised by the International League Against Epilepsy.
- Psychiatric symptoms frequently coexist with idiopathic Parkinson's disease and are often underdiagnosed and poorly treated.
- Basically, idiopathic pericarditis is a disease of exclusion.
- Little is known about the pathogenesis of cough in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.