idiopathy

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Something idiopathic; a disease having no known cause

The sterilization that was first conceived as a recourse of limited medical reach came to be considered as an efficient eugenical procedure that could prevent descendents with hereditary and transmissible disorders, such as mental deficiency, epilepsy, idiopathies, etc.

any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause
A morbid state or condition not preceded or occasioned by any other disease; a primary disease
{i} disease having an unknown cause (Medicine)
A peculiar, or individual, characteristic or affection
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{n} an affection of a part not dependent on another
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