What does aetiology mean?
Aetiology means The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something..
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/iː.tɪˈɒ.lə.dʒi/ · noun
The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something..
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].
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Aetiology means The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something..
Common synonyms include etiology.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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].
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