aetiology

[ ee-tee-ol-uh-jee ]

noun,plural ae·ti·ol·o·gies.

Other words from aetiology

  • ae·ti·o·log·ic [ee-tee-uh-loj-ik], /ˌi ti əˈlɒdʒ ɪk/, ae·ti·o·log·i·cal, adjective
  • ae·ti·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
  • ae·ti·ol·o·gist, noun

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How to use aetiology in a sentence

  • So Aenesidemus teaches eight Tropes, by which he thinks that he can prove all the dogmatic aetiology useless.

  • Therefore it is perhaps possible to put the temerity of the Dogmatics to shame in aetiology by these Tropes.

  • The aetiology of the disease is not yet known, and there are very many theories offered to explain it.

  • The study of aetiology of disease is in fact only a particular case of that of aetiology in general.

    Disease in Plants | H. Marshall Ward

British Dictionary definitions for aetiology

aetiology

etiology

/ (ˌiːtɪˈɒlədʒɪ) /


nounplural -gies
  1. the philosophy or study of causation

  2. the study of the causes of diseases

  1. the cause of a disease

Origin of aetiology

1
C16: from Late Latin aetologia, from Greek aitiologia, from aitia cause

Derived forms of aetiology

  • aetiologist or etiologist, noun

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