idiopathically
/ˌɪdɪəˈpaθɪkli/Medicine
adverb
Originally: in the manner or as part of an idiopathic disease (now rare ). In later use: by an unexplained or unknown mechanism.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in John Pechey (d. 1718). Either from idiopathic + -ally, or from idiopathical + -ly.
- line break
- line breeding
- line-caught
- line cut
- line dance
- line-dance
- line dancer
- line dancing
- line defect
- line drawing
- line drive
- line-engraved
- line engraver
- line engraving
- linefeed
- linefish
- line fishing
- line-for-line
- line-in
- line integral
- line in the sand
- Line Islands
- line item
- line-item veto
- line judge