Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the manner of an idiopathic disease; not symptomatically.
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- adverb In an
idiopathic sense or manner.
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Examples
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It can exist alone or along with structural heart disease; it can be part of an underlying syndrome or occur idiopathically (with no identifiable cause).
Cardiomyopathy 2010
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Pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive and usually fatal disease which may arise idiopathically or in association with underlying diseases like systemic sclerosis.
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In adults it may occur idiopathically or due to an intraluminal tumor mass.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Carolin Reiser-Erkan 2010
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_idiopathically_ diseased, as it is technically called; but at other times it is merely affected by _sympathy_ with some other organ that is physically deranged.
Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence Charles Coppens 1877
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