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• a variation of etiology.

aetiology

American  

[ee-tee-ol-uh-jee] / ˌi tiˈɒl ə dʒi /

noun

• aetiologies
  plural

1. etiology.

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aetiology British  

/ ˌiːtɪˈɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. the philosophy or study of causation

2. the study of the causes of diseases

3. the cause of a disease

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• aetiologist
  noun
• aetiologic
  adjective
• aetiological
  adjective
• aetiologically
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• aetiologies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of aetiology

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

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Irkutsk Regional Governor Igor Kobzev said Monday that an inspection by Rospotrebnadzor had found the woman died of "pneumonia of undetermined aetiology".

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Irkutsk Regional Governor Igor Kobzev said Monday that a special expert commission inspection in the region had found that "the cause of death was pneumonia of undetermined aetiology".

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

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

Much research has focused on the ability of such assemblies to propagate and spread in experimental models, with considerable potential implications for the aetiology, prevention and treatment of these diseases.

From Nature ● Nov. 8, 2016

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

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley

Despite experts' increasing knowledge about both types of diabetes, much about the pathologies of both diseases and virtually everything about their aetiologies remains a mystery.

From Nature ● May 22, 2012