What does the clinical term 'Idiopathic' indicate regarding a disease?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Arising spontaneously from an obscure or unknown cause
- Step 1: 'Idio-' means personal/peculiar and 'pathos' means suffering/disease. Step 2. Idiopathic denotes any medical condition whose precise underlying biological cause remains unknown (e.g. idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis). Answer: Arising spontaneously from an obscure or unknown cause. Why not the others: Vector-transmitted is vector-borne; Hospital-acquired is nosocomial; Maternal inheritance is mitochondrial.
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