idiopath
/ˌɪdioʊpˈæθ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who suffers from an idiopathic disease.
Example Sentences
- "One has to wonder whether these nutrient minimalists would have us believe that all of us idiopaths, whose neuropathy causations are by definition unknown, were idiotic in taking nutrients, and that if the supplements happened to work […]"
- "It may also explain why INS appears apparently idiopathically in some Down's infants (Lawson et al., 1996), who as a group also demonstrate delayed acuity development (Iohn et al., 2004). Thus, sensory delay may be the common antecedent event to INS development, although the cause of delay in idiopaths remains a mystery."
Etymology
From idio- + -path.