Idiopathic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Idiopathic \Id`i*o*path"ic\, Idiopathical \Id`i*o*path"ic*al\,
     a. [Cf. F. idiopathique.] (Med.)
     Pertaining to idiopathy; characterizing a disease arising
     primarily, and not in consequence of some other disease or
     injury; -- opposed to {symptomatic}, {sympathetic}, and
     {traumatic}. -- {Id`i*o*path"ic*al*ly}, adv.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  idiopathic
       adj : (of diseases) arising from an unknown cause; "idiopathic
             epilepsy"