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aetiology
aeˊti-ol′o-gy
(ēˊtĭ-ŏl′ō̍-jy̆)
, Noun.
[L.
aetologia
, Gr. αἰτιολογία
; αἰτία
cause + λόγοσ
description: cf. F. étiologie
.] 1.
The science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and development of things; etiology.
AS
2.
The assignment of a cause.
Definition 2024
aetiology
aetiology
See also: ætiology
English
Alternative forms
Noun
aetiology (countable and uncountable, plural aetiologies)
- The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
- 1999, Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, I.c:
- 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 [transl. Traumätiologie].
- 1999, Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, I.c:
- The study of causes or causation.
- (medicine) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with etymology.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
study of causes or origins
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