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Discuss A.Word.A.Day--idiopathyThis week's theme: words related to medicine. idiopathy (id-ee-OP-uh-thee) noun A disease of unknown origin or one having no apparent cause. [From New Latin idiopathia (primary disease), from Greek idiopatheia, from idios (one's own, personal) + -pathy (feeling, suffering).] See more usage examples of idiopathy in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Beneath the complexity and idiopathy of every cancer lies a limited number of 'mission critical' events that have propelled the tumour cell and its progeny into uncontrolled expansion and invasion." Gerald I Evan and Karen H Vousden; Proliferation, Cell Cycle And Apoptosis* in Cancer; Nature (London, UK); May 17, 2001. *Apoptosis is the word for a cell's death by suicide, also known as Programmed Cell Death (PCD).
X-BonusI'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way. -Edgar Guest, poet (1881-1959) |
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