etiologic
adjective
of or relating to causes or origins.
Example Sentences
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The findings of this study indicate a link between bipolar disorder and altered metabolite levels, supporting the notion that circulating metabolites play an important etiological role in bipolar disease and other psychiatric disorders.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2024
Once general risk has been assessed, etiological factors can be more accurately evaluated in determining the part they play in a diagnosis.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024
He noted that the "German cockroach, a pernicious household pest, plays an important etiological role in allergic disease and asthma. It also serves as a mechanical vector of pathogens, including antibiotic-resistant microbes."
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2022
The usual etiological explanation, however, is that in youth short shoes were worn which initiated a tendency to divert the big toe inward toward the other toes.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
You have certainly noticed that in the last discussions I have introduced a new factor into the structure of the etiological chain, namely, the quantity, the amount of energy that comes under consideration.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
