{ Id`i*o*path"ic (?), Id`i*o*path"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F.
idiopathique.] (Med.) Pertaining to idiopathy; characterizing a disease
arising primarily, and not in consequence of some other disease or
injury; -- opposed to symptomatic, sympathetic, and traumatic. --
Id`i*o*path"ic*al*ly, adv.
Id`i*op"a*thy (?), n.; pl. Idiopathies (#). [Gr. &?;; 'i`dios proper,
peculiar + &?;, &?;, to suffer: cf. F. idiopathie.] 1. A peculiar, or
individual, characteristic 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.
Dr. H. More.
2. (Med.) A morbid state or condition not preceded or occasioned by any
other disease; a primary disease.
Id`i*oph"a*nous (?), a. [Idio- + &?; to appear.] (Crystallog.)
Exhibiting interference figures without the aid of a polariscope, as
certain crystals.
Id"i*o*plasm (?), n. (Biol.) Same as Idioplasma.
||Id`i*o*plas"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'i`dios proper, peculiar + &?; a
||form, mold.] (Biol.) That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the
||seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of
||hereditary transmission; -- distinguished from the other portion,
||which is termed nutritive plasma. See Hygroplasm.
||
Id`i*o*re*pul"sive (?), a. [Idio- + repulsive.] Repulsive by itself;
as, the idiorepulsive power of heat.
Id`i*o*syn"cra*sy (?), n.; pl. Idiosyncrasies (#). [Gr. &?;; 'i`dios
proper, peculiar + &?; a mixing together, fr. &?; to mix together; &?;
with + &?; to mix: cf. F. idiosyncrasie. See Idiom, and Crasis.] A
peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or temperament; a
characteristic belonging to, and distinguishing, an individual;
characteristic susceptibility; idiocrasy; eccentricity.
The individual mind . . . takes its tone from the idiosyncrasies of
the body.