MYSTERIOUS
\mɪstˈi͡əɹɪəs], \mɪstˈiəɹɪəs], \m_ɪ_s_t_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_s]\
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of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"
By Princeton University
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Containing mystery: obscure: secret: incomprehensible.
By Daniel Lyons
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Involved in or implying mystery; incomprehensible.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Olivopontocerebellar Atrophies
- group inherited disorders which share progressive ataxia combination with atrophy CEREBELLUM; PONS; inferior olivary nuclei. Additional features include RIGIDITY; NYSTAGMUS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; DEMENTIA; URINARY INCONTINENCE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA. familial has an earlier onset (second decade) and may feature spinal cord atrophy. sporadic form tends to present in the fifth or sixth decade, is considered a clinical subtype MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1085)