| idiopathic epilepsy |
Recurrent seizures of unknown origin or cause; repeated episodes of uncontrolled electrical activity in the brain that occur in the absence of detectable brain lesions. Also known as essential or primary epilepsy, these conditions are often thought to have a genetic component. This may suggest that affected individuals have an inherited predisposition for recurrent seizures.
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| idiopathic |
A disorder or condition of spontaneous origin; self-originated or of unknown cause. The term is derived from the prefix "idio-" meaning one's own and "pathos" indicating disease.
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| ideal gas |
A gas that obeys all the postulates of the kinetic molecular theory. Real gases differ from the expected behavior of an ideal gas for two reasons: (1) the force of attraction between the particles in a gas is not quite zero, and (2) the volume of the particles in a gas is not quite zero.
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| idiopathic |
When the cause of a disease or process is not known.
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| identification |
A defense mechanism, operating unconsciously, by which one patterns oneself after some other person. Identification plays a major role in the development of one's personality and specifically of the superego. To be differentiated from imitation or role modeling, which is a conscious process.
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