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etiology

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etiology
—etiologist, n.
/ee'tee ol"euh jee/, n., pl. etiologies.
1. Pathol.
a. the study of the causes of diseases.
b. the cause or origin of a disease.
2. the study of causation.
3. any study of causes, causation, or causality, as in philosophy, biology, or physics.
Also, aetiology.
[1545-55; < L aetiologia < Gk aitiología determining the cause of something, equiv. to aití(a) cause + -o- -O- + -logia -LOGY]

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