How to Use idiopathic in a Sentence

idiopathic

adjective

• 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
• In others, an underlying health disorder or idiopathic toe walking may be to blame.
  — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 12 July 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
• White sun spots, clinically known as idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis, occur in areas with less pigment.
  — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 24 July 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024