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etiology definition

eti·ol·ogy (ēt′ē äl′ə jē)

noun pl. etiologies -·gies

  1. the assignment of a cause, or the cause assigned the etiology of a folkway
  2. the science of causes or origins
    1. the science of the causes or origins of disease
    2. the causes of a specific disease

Etymology: LL aetiologia < Gr aitiologia < aitia, cause (< base of aisa, fate: see diet) + logia, description: see -logy

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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