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aetiology
[ ee-tee-ol-uh-jee ]
aetiology
/ ˌiːtɪˈɒlədʒɪ /
noun
- the philosophy or study of causation
- the study of the causes of diseases
- the cause of a disease
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Derived Forms
- ˌaetiˈologist, noun
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Other Words From
- ae·ti·o·log·ic [ee-tee-, uh, -, loj, -ik], aeti·o·logi·cal adjective
- aeti·o·logi·cal·ly adverb
- aeti·olo·gist noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of aetiology1
C16: from Late Latin aetologia , from Greek aitiologia , from aitia cause
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Example Sentences
So Aenesidemus teaches eight Tropes, by which he thinks that he can prove all the dogmatic aetiology useless.
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Therefore it is perhaps possible to put the temerity of the Dogmatics to shame in aetiology by these Tropes.
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The aetiology of the disease is not yet known, and there are very many theories offered to explain it.
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The study of aetiology of disease is in fact only a particular case of that of aetiology in general.
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