Aetiology Definition

ētēäləjē
noun

Etiology.

Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary

The study of causes or causation.

Wiktionary

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

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Synonyms:
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Other Word Forms of Aetiology

Noun

Singular:
aetiology
Plural:
aetiologies

Origin of Aetiology

  • From Latin aetiologia, from Ancient Greek αἰτιολογία (aitiologia), from αἰτία (aitia, “cause”).

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Aetiology Sentence Examples

  • Aetiology is treated of under the heading EVOLUTION.

  • Considering the great importance of arresting the spread of infection at the outset, and the implicit reliance placed upon bacteriological criteria, the aetiology of such antecedent ailments deserves more attention than has hitherto been paid to it.

  • The study of causes or agencies inducing disease (Aetiology).

  • The term " pathogenesis " has reference to the generation and development of disease, and that of " aetiology," in its present bearing, has to do with its causes.

  • To get at this reality and thus to reach a standpoint higher than that of aetiology was the problem of his as of all philosophy.

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