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Definition: IDIOPATHICAL

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Pertaining to idiopathy; characterizing a disease arising primarily, and not in consequence of some other disease or injury; -- opposed to symptomatic, sympathetic, and traumatic.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb idiopathically.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Idiopathical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: IDIOPATHICAL

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Pertaining to idiopathy; characterizing a disease arising primarily, and not in consequence of some other disease or injury; -- opposed to symptomatic, sympathetic, and traumatic.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb idiopathically.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "IDIOPATHICAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Specialty Definition: idiopathically

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Adverb] By means of its own disease or affections; not sympathetically. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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