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etiology

noun

1 etiology

The cause of a disease.

synonym: aetiology.

Roget 490: knowledge; cognizance, cognition, cognoscence; acquaintance, experience, ken [Scot.], privity, insight, familiarity; comprehension, apprehension; recognition; appreciation ... show more

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Roget 155: attribution, theory, etiology, ascription, reference to, rationale; accounting for etc. v.; palaetiology1, imputation, derivation from.    filiation, affiliation; ... show more

Dutch: etiologie
Polish: etiologia

2 etiology

The philosophical study of causation.

synonym: aetiology.

Dutch: aetiologie, etiologie
Polish: ajtiologia, etiologia


Moby thesaurus: accounting for, answerability, antecedents, application, arrogation, ascription, assignation, assignment, attachment, attribution, base, basis, blame, call, causation, cause, cause and effect, charge, connection with, credit ... show more.

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