Definition of Aetiology

1. Noun. The cause of a disease.

Exact synonyms: Etiology
Generic synonyms: Cause
Derivative terms: Aetiologic, Aetiological, Aetiologist, Etiologic, Etiological, Etiologist

2. Noun. The philosophical study of causation.
Exact synonyms: Etiology
Generic synonyms: Philosophy
Derivative terms: Aetiologic, Aetiological, Etiologic, Etiological

Definition of Aetiology

1. Noun. The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something. ¹

2. Noun. The study of causes or causation. ¹

3. Noun. (medicine) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aetiology

1. [n -GIES]

Medical Definition of Aetiology

1. A branch of knowledge concerned with the causes of particular phenomena, specifically a branch of medical science concerned with the causes and origins of diseases. The study of factors of causation or those associated with the causation of disease or abnormal body states. Origin: L. Aetiologia, Gr. Aitiologia. (09 Feb 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aetiology

aethiops mineral
aethogen
aethrioscope
aethrioscopes
aethyr
aethyrs
aetiolated
aetiolation
aetiologia
aetiologic
aetiological
aetiological fraction
aetiologics
aetiologies
aetiologist
aetiology (current term)
aetiopathogenesis
aetiopathogenetic
aetites
aetosaur
aetosaurs
aett
aeviternity
afa
afald
afamelanotide
afamin
afara
afaras

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