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etiology

Etymology
From L. aetiologia, from AGr. polytonic|αἰ�ιολογία (aitiologia), from polytonic|αἰ�ία �cause�.

Noun
en-noun|aetiologies

1. The study of causes or origins.
2. The known or speculated upon origin of a disease or class of diseases, of use in nosology, pathology, and prophylaxis.
3. The ascertained origin of a particular case of a disease. This presumes a diagnosis, and may be relevant to a prognosis, but is distinct from both.

Derived terms
etiologic
etiological
etiologically
etiologist

Translations
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Catalan: etiologia f
Chinese: ��學, ��学 (bìng yuán xué)
Croatian: t-|hr|etiologija|f
Dutch: etiologie f
French: étiologie f
German: �tiologie f
Hebrew: ��������� (etiologia) f
Hungarian: etiológia
Italian: eziologia f
Lithuanian: t-|lt|etiologija|f|xs=Lithuanian
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Norwegian: etiologi
Polish: t-|pl|etiologia|f
Portuguese: t-|pt|etiologia|f
Russian: ��иологи� (etiológija) f
Serbian: е�иологи�а f
Spanish: etiología f
Swedish: etiologi c
Turkish: etiyoloji

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Category:Sciences

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