Ĭd′ĭ-ŏp′a-thy, n.

n. [Fr. idiopathie, It. & Sp. idiopatia, Gr. ἰδιοπάθεια, from ἴδιος, proper, peculiar, and πάθος, suffering, disease, from παθεῖν, πάσχειν, to suffer.]

1Sense 1. A proper, peculiar, or individual nature or affection.

All men are so full of their own fancies and idiopathies, that they scarce have the civility to interchange any words with a stranger. More.

2Sense 2. (Med.) A morbid state or condition not preceded and occasioned by any other disease; a primary disease. Dunglison.