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aetiology (iou)



aetiology noun. Also etiology. M16.
[medieval Latin aetiologia (Isidore) from Greek aitiologia, from aitia cause + logia -LOGY.]
The assignment of a cause; (occas.) the cause assigned. M16.
The philosophy of causation; the part of a science which treats of the causes of its phenomena. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
Medicine. The causation of disease (usu., of a specified disease), esp. as a subject for investigation. L17.
,aetio'logical adjective M18.
,aetio'logically adverb M19.