Aetiology
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /iː.tɪˈɒ.lə.dʒi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Aetiology is a noun meaning The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
Meaning
The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
More Meanings
- The study of causes or causation.
- (medicine, uncountable) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.
- (medicine, countable) A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage notes).
Example Sentences
I do not know where the idea first arose of enlisting internal (subjective) excitations of the sensory organs as well as external sensory stimuli; but it is in fact done in all the more recent accounts of the aetiology of dreams [translating Traumätiologie].
Word Forms
- aetiologies
Synonyms for aetiology
Depending on context, synonyms include etiology.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include etiology, cause, aethiology, aitiology, aetiopathology, aetiologics.
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