aetiology
Americannoun
plural
aetiologiesnoun
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the philosophy or study of causation
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the study of the causes of diseases
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the cause of a disease
Other Word Forms
- aetiologic adjective
- aetiological adjective
- aetiologically adverb
- aetiologist noun
Etymology
Origin of aetiology
C16: from Late Latin aetologia , from Greek aitiologia , from aitia cause
Example Sentences
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This dataset provides a rich resource for the cancer genomics community and will serve as the foundation of ongoing and future candidate-driven functional studies focused on resolving MB aetiology.
From Nature • Jul. 18, 2017
Epidemiology, when partnered with bioinformatics, genetics and epigenetic exploration, is poised to dramatically accelerate our understanding of the aetiology of kidney cancer.
From Nature • Sep. 13, 2016
Understanding the aetiology of kidney cancer may answer the greatest question of all — how do we prevent or significantly reduce its incidence at a population level?
From Nature • Sep. 13, 2016
High heritability points to a major role for inherited genetic variants in the aetiology of schizophrenia7, 8.
From Nature • Jul. 21, 2014
Hence it is obvious that pathology is a branch of biology; it is the morphology, the physiology, the distribution, the aetiology of abnormal life.
From Science & Education by Huxley, Thomas Henry
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