Etiology Definition

ētēäləjē
aetiologies, etiologies
noun
etiologies
The science of the causes or origins of disease.
Webster's New World
The branch of medicine that deals with the causes or origins of disease.
American Heritage Medicine
The assignment of a cause, or the cause assigned.
The etiology of a folkway.
Webster's New World
The causes of a specific disease.
Webster's New World

Alternative spelling of aetiology.

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Noun

Singular:
etiology
Plural:
etiologies

Origin of Etiology

  • Late Latin aetiologia from Greek aitiologiā aitiā cause -logiā -logy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Etiology Sentence Examples

  • The demonstration by Pasteur that definite diseases could be produced by bacteria, proved a great stimulus to research in the etiology of infective conditions, and the result Historical was a rapid advance in human knowledge.

  • The treatment for nystagmus, once the etiology is determined and treated, includes optical devices such as contact lenses and glasses, medication, and surgery.

  • Their investigations on cancers found in the lower animals, and the successful transplantation of such growths into a new host of the same species (mice and rats), have greatly advanced our knowledge of the etiology of this disease.

  • Two forms of foul brood have been long known, one foul smelling, the other odourless; and investigations made during 1906 and 1907 showed that the etiology of the disease is not by FIG.

  • We then backtrack a couple of days to determine the the etiology of Hussein's fate.

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