idiopathic
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- a (of diseases) arising from an unknown cause
idiopathic epilepsy
- His seizure, as well as an earlier episode that occurred 14 years ago, were described as being "benign idiopathic," meaning that their cause is unknown.
- The Government scientists studied 35 of the 3,000 Americans known to suffer from idiopathic hypogeusia.
- Eliane Zefa Corbis How best to treat idiopathic pain is one of medicine's great mysteries.