IDIOPATHIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does idiopathic mean? 

• IDIOPATHIC (adjective)
  The adjective IDIOPATHIC has 1 sense:

1. (of diseases) arising from an unknown cause

  Familiarity information: IDIOPATHIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IDIOPATHIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of diseases) arising from an unknown cause

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

idiopathic epilepsy

Pertainym:

idiopathy (any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause)

 Context examples 

Idiopathic pneumonia syndrome is a serious condition that can occur after a stem cell transplant.

(Idiopathic pneumonia syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

Also called agnogenic myeloid metaplasia, chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis, myelosclerosis with myeloid metaplasia, and primary myelofibrosis.

(Idiopathic myelofibrosis, NCI Dictionary)

Causes include drugs, viruses, and malignancies (lymphomas), or it may be idiopathic.

(Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in this gene are associated with osteogenesis imperfecta, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, idiopathic osteoporosis, and atypical Marfan syndrome.

(Collagen I (Alpha 2), NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

Also called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and ITP.

(Immune thrombocytopenic purpura, NCI Dictionary)

Also called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and immune thrombocytopenic purpura.

(ITP, NCI Dictionary)

Also called agnogenic myeloid metaplasia, chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis, idiopathic myelofibrosis, and primary myelofibrosis.

(Myelosclerosis with myeloid metaplasia, NCI Dictionary)

It may be idiopathic or the result of drug treatment, infections, food intake, collagen vascular disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, or cancer.

(Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called: Still's Disease, Childhood arthritis, JRA, Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Still's disease

(Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

An allelic variant of the JAK2 gene, which exhibits a dominant gain of function mutation, is associated with several myeloproliferative disorders including polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia and idiopathic myelofibrosis.

(JAK2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)