aetiology
nounEtymology
Learned borrowing from Latin aetiologia, from Ancient Greek αἰτιολογία (aitiología), from αἰτία (aitía, “cause”). By surface analysis, aetio- + -logy; Doublet of aetiologia.
- derived from αἰτιολογία
- learned borrowing from aetiologia
Definitions
The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
The study of causes or causation.
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.
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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
- neighborentomology
- neighborethnology
- neighborethology
- neighboretymology
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA