Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of obscure or unknown origin. Used of diseases.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
cryptogenetic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of an organism Of
uncertain origin , eitherintroduced ornative to its area. - adjective
Presumed but notproven to be caused by an abnormality in a particular part of thebrain (contrasts withsymptomatic andidiopathic ). - adjective of a disease Of
uncertain cause .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The 35-year-old woman's symptoms were typical of this unusual kind of "cryptogenic" stroke, says Jose Biller, MD, professor and chair of the neurology department at Loyola University,
eddiebear 2008
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The 35-year-old woman's symptoms were typical of this unusual kind of "cryptogenic" stroke, says Jose Biller, MD, professor and chair of the neurology department at Loyola University,
eddiebear 2008
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The 35-year-old woman's symptoms were typical of this unusual kind of "cryptogenic" stroke, says Jose Biller, MD, professor and chair of the neurology department at Loyola University,
eddiebear 2008
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If it was a problem, he said, "that information needs to be in the public domain" and would have "much larger implications for STARFlex, a device already marketed in Europe for the treatment of cryptogenic stroke."
On A New Libel Threat Against Science: NMT Medical v Dr Peter Wilmshurst Jack of Kent 2009
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If it was a problem, he said, "that information needs to be in the public domain" and would have "much larger implications for STARFlex, a device already marketed in Europe for the treatment of cryptogenic stroke."
Archive 2009-01-01 Jack of Kent 2009
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After the influenza, some cryptogenic temperature set in.
My Life Trotsky, Leon 1930
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My medical knowledge was certainly notched up, and for a few brief weeks I managed to slip "cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis" into casual conversation.
NYT > Home Page M.D. By DANIELLE OFRI 2011
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In 2007, Rajaratnam suffered a "severe cryptogenic stroke," or a stroke of undetermined cause, Wise said.
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Etiology was idiopathic in 50.8%, remote symptomatic in 27.8%, and cryptogenic in 21.3%.
innovations-report 2010
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Sunil Patel, a patient of cryptogenic cirrhosis, was advised to undergo a liver transplant in March after developing severe complications in February of heavy water retention in stomach which also affected Patel's kidneys.
jmjarmstrong commented on the word cryptogenic
JM just doesn't know where he got cryptogenic from.
February 14, 2010