The word idiopathic is an adjective and means some disease or something relating to it that has no known cause, in other words agnogenic. It also means a disease or something of or related to it that has no relation to any other disease. An idiopathic disease would thus be one which has arisen due to some unknown causes. An example of an idiopathic disease is idiopathic epilepsy, acute idiopathic polyneuritis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, idiopathic scoliosis etc. Any disease whose cause is unknown can be called idiopathic.
The word idiopathic comes from the New Latin word "idiopathia" which meant a "primary disease" this was derived from the Greek word "idiopatheia". Ideopatheia of the Greek was an amalgamation of "idio" meaning "one's own" and "patheia" meaning "suffering or feeling".
The word idiopathic comes from the New Latin word "idiopathia" which meant a "primary disease" this was derived from the Greek word "idiopatheia". Ideopatheia of the Greek was an amalgamation of "idio" meaning "one's own" and "patheia" meaning "suffering or feeling".
