etiology
Meaning of etiology
noun
- the cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition.
the importance of sunlight in the aetiology of melanoma
a group of distinct diseases with different aetiologies
- the investigation or attribution of the cause or reason for something, often expressed in terms of historical or mythical explanation.
mid 16th century: via medieval Latin from Greek aitiologia, from aitia ‘a cause’ + -logia (see -logy).
Information about etiology
- It is a name.
- The plural form of etiology is: etiologies.
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Hyphenation of etiology
eti-ol-ogy
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- etiology is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
etiology synonyms
Meaning aetiology:
Translation of etiology
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