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 so-called “shell-fish” group of foods play an important etiological part in some cases.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
With systemic remedies directed toward a removal or modification of the etiological factors, and, for the temporary relief of the itching, suitable antipruritic applications.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
