| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| idiopathy |
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| SYLLABICATION: | id·i·op·a·thy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   d  - p  -th |
| NOUN: | 1. A disease of unknown origin or cause. 2. A primary disease arising spontaneously with no apparent external cause. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin idiopath a, primary disease, from Greek idiopatheia : idio-, idio- + -patheia, -pathy.
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