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Aetiology

//i.tiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something. countable, uncountable

    "I do not know where the idea first arose of enlisting internal (subjective) excitations of the sensory organs as well as external sensory stimuli; but it is in fact done in all the more recent accounts of the aetiology of dreams [translating Traumätiologie]."

  2. 2
    the philosophical study of causation wordnet
  3. 3
    The study of causes or causation. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the cause of a disease wordnet
  5. 5
    The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease. uncountable
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  1. 6
    A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage notes). countable

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aetiologia, from Ancient Greek αἰτιολογία (aitiología), from αἰτία (aitía, “cause”). By surface analysis, aetio- + -logy; Doublet of aetiologia.

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