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idiopathic After her doctor hemmed and hawed and finally described her condition as “idiopathic,” she realized she needed a second opinion. ˌɪdioʊˈpæθək

Accepted Answer

Arising spontaneously or from an obscure or unknown cause. Words with the -pathy suffix generally name a disease or condition (see PATH), so you might think idiopathic should describe a disease or condition that's unique to an individual. But the word is actually generally used to describe any medical condition that no one has yet figured out. Most facial tics are called idiopathic by doctors, since no cause can be found. Other well-known conditions, including chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, and fibromyalgia, still perplex the medical community. And even though doctors expect that the causes of all of them will eventually be found, and that those causes will turn out to be the same for hundreds of thousands of people, the conditions are still called idiopathic.

word	idiopathic
definition	Arising spontaneously or from an obscure or unknown cause.
eg_sentence	After her doctor hemmed and hawed and finally described her condition as “idiopathic,” she realized she needed a second opinion.
explanation	Words with the -pathy suffix generally name a disease or condition (see PATH), so you might think idiopathic should describe a disease or condition that's unique to an individual. But the word is actually generally used to describe any medical condition that no one has yet figured out. Most facial tics are called idiopathic by doctors, since no cause can be found. Other well-known conditions, including chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, and fibromyalgia, still perplex the medical community. And even though doctors expect that the causes of all of them will eventually be found, and that those causes will turn out to be the same for hundreds of thousands of people, the conditions are still called idiopathic.
IPA	ˌɪdioʊˈpæθək

Condition Idiopathic Generally Disease Describe Medical Called Syndrome