How to Use idiopathic in a Sentence

idiopathic

adjective
Definition of idiopathicnext
  • In others, an underlying health disorder or idiopathic toe walking may be to blame.
    — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 12 July 2024
  • But in this case, the man seemed to have a chronic, idiopathic case, meaning there was no clear cause of the gargantuan guts.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 Aug. 2018
  • When doctors cannot find a cause for the scarring condition, it is known as being idiopathic.
    — Elana Glowatz, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2018
  • For idiopathic nightmares, their origins aren’t traumatic but their true sources for the dream are unclear.
    — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Fourteen people with the fatal lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis took a mix of the drugs dasatinib and quercetin for three weeks.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2019
  • She has been diagnosed with an idiopathic fibrosis of the lungs, meaning none of her doctors really has much idea of how to treat her condition.
    — Catherine Bray, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Razi was diagnosed with idiopathic epilepsy, a form that's thought to derive from genetics, in 2013 and placed on anti-seizure medication, the park said.
    — Scottie Andrew and Saeed Ahmed, CNN, 10 July 2019
  • One is called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which is treated with Ofev (nintedanib).
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2023
  • His wife, Joan Brock, said the cause was complications from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease.
    — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2017
  • His wife, Melinda (Kessler) Spratlan, said the cause was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The young girl was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in March 2020.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Tethered to oxygen, the Chrysler employee had suffered from a disease called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis for the past seven years.
    — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Scientists in this study learned that the millimeters-long bone was more likely to be found in the hearts of chimpanzees suffering from a kind of heart disease called idiopathic myocardial fibrosis (IMF).
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2020
  • More than a third of acute respiratory illnesses are idiopathic; the same is true for up to 40 percent of gastrointestinal disorders and more than half the cases of encephalitis (swelling of the brain).
    — New York Times, 3 June 2021
  • Its candidate drug to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis was the first to be both discovered and designed using AI, and is currently in Phase 1 trials.
    — Calum Chace, Forbes, 6 June 2022
  • Vincent, 81, died on Wednesday in Horseshoe Bay, Texas, of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease.
    — Joe Lapointe, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2021
  • The first, published in 2019, addressed idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a fatal condition in which the lungs fill up with thick scar tissue that interferes with breathing.
    — Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Without methotrexate, many of Schulert’s juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients could no longer hold a pencil or type on a computer.
    — Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2022
  • If a doctor rules out all underlying conditions and the patient has normal hormone levels, the teen then has idiopathic hirsutism.
    — Dr. Manny Alvarez, Fox News, 6 June 2017
  • The cause was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease, according to his wife, Constance DeJong, a sculptor.
    — Fred A. Bernstein, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
  • His wife, Elizabeth (Golfman) Anobile, said the cause was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The chef had a long-standing lung condition, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
    — Staff Reports, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Evidence of a bleeding condition like idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) could also appear on a blood test, since it’s marked by a low platelet count.
    — Claire Gillespie, SELF, 29 Mar. 2018
  • He had been diagnosed with the lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, his family said in a statement Thursday.
    — Sara Spary, CNN, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Schechter was diagnosed with idiopathic transverse myelitis, an inflammation of the spine.
    — Nadia Kounang, CNN, 29 Apr. 2018
  • At 12, she was diagnosed with idiopathic scoliosis, a severe curvature of the spine.
    — Mark Jaffe, The Know, 8 Mar. 2017
  • This can happen due to diabetes or other medical conditions or for no reason at all (idiopathic).
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Some people develop an enlarged heart that doesn’t squeeze properly (called an idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy), and viral infection is thought to be the cause of many of these cases.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 21 Feb. 2022
  • At the time of the surgery, Ms. Baisey, a single mother of two who lived in Washington’s Anacostia neighborhood, was dying of idiopathic cardiomyopathy; her heart was swollen and failing for undiagnosed reasons.
    — Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Fowler was diagnosed this year with idiopathic intracranial hypertension, a chronic condition in which her body produces too much spinal fluid, causing pressure on her optic nerves and the risk of blindness.
    — Andy Marso, kansascity.com, 21 June 2017

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