aetiology
Americannoun
noun
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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
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Etymology
Origin of aetiology
C16: from Late Latin aetologia , from Greek aitiologia , from aitia cause
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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
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
Naturally, basic research into the aetiology of disease and the biology that underpins diseases with pandemic potential must be strongly supported by governments, industry and foundations.
From Nature • May 2, 2016
High heritability points to a major role for inherited genetic variants in the aetiology of schizophrenia7, 8.
From Nature • Jul. 21, 2014
But, as in biology, there remains the matter of reasoning from these facts to their causes, which is just as much science as the other, and indeed more; and this constitutes geological aetiology.
From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays by Huxley, Thomas Henry
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