aetiology

noun
/iː.tɪˈɒ.lə.dʒi/UK/i.tiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/US

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aetiologia, from Ancient Greek αἰτιολογία (aitiología), from αἰτία (aitía, “cause”). By surface analysis, aetio- + -logy; Doublet of aetiologia.

  1. learned borrowing from aetiologia

Definitions

  1. The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.

  2. The study of causes or causation.

  3. The study or investigation of the causes of disease

    The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage…

      A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage notes).

The neighborhood

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