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Definition of idiopathic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

idiopathic

adjective
 
/ˌɪdiəˈpæθɪk/
 
/ˌɪdiəˈpæθɪk/
(medical)
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  1. (of an illness) having no obvious cause
    • The most common type of epilepsy is idiopathic epilepsy, which has no identifiable cause.
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