aetiology

ae·ti·ol·o·gy  (t-l-j)

n.

Variant of etiology.

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aetiology [ee-tee-ol-a-jee]

Noun

same as etiology

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etiology, aetiology

1. the branch of medical science that studies the causes of diseases and the factors underlying their spread.
2. the accumulated knowledge of disease causes. — etiologist, n. — etiologic, etiological, adj.

See also: Disease and Illness

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etiology. — aetiological, adj.

See also: Origins

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the science of causation. — etiologic, aetiologic, etiological, aetiological, adj.

See also: Philosophy

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the science of the causes of natural phenomena. — etiologic, aetiologic, etiological, aetiological, adj.

See also: Nature

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	aetiology - the cause of a disease etiology cause - events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash"
	2.	aetiology - the philosophical study of causation etiology philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics