idiopathic

1. 1.

   (of diseases) arising from an unknown cause

   “idiopathic epilepsy”

Questions about idiopathic

What does idiopathic mean?

idiopathic means "(of diseases) arising from an unknown cause".

How many syllables are in idiopathic?

idiopathic has 5 syllables: id-i-o-pat-hic. The stress falls on "pat". In IPA it is /ˌɪdioʊˈpæθək/.

Is idiopathic a common word?

idiopathic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with idiopathic?

2 words rhyme with idiopathic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.