Definitions for aetiology

aetiology ae·ti·ol·o·gy

Spelling: [ee-tee-ol-uh-jee]
IPA: /ˌi tiˈɒl ə dʒi/

Aetiology is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 277 anagrams from letters in aetiology (aegilooty).

Definitions for aetiology

noun

  1. etiology.
  2. Pathology. the study of the causes of diseases. the cause or origin of a disease.
  3. the study of causation.
  4. any study of causes, causation, or causality, as in philosophy, biology, or physics.

Origin of aetiology

1545-55; Latin aetiologia Greek aitiología determining the cause of something, equivalent to aití(a) cause + -o- -o- + -logia -logy

Examples for aetiology

The aetiology of the disease is not yet known, and there are very many theories offered to explain it.

The study of aetiology of disease is in fact only a particular case of that of aetiology in general.

Therefore it is perhaps possible to put the temerity of the Dogmatics to shame in aetiology by these Tropes.

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