English Explanatory Dictionary

aetiology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
  2. The study of causes or causation.
  3. The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.
  4. A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage notes).

Pronunciation

/iː.tɪˈɒ.lə.dʒi/ /i.tiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-aetiology.wav

Word forms

aetiology aetiologies ætiology aitiology etiology

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aetiologia, from Ancient Greek αἰτιολογία (aitiología), from αἰτία (aitía, “cause”). By surface analysis, aetio- + -logy; Doublet of aetiologia.

Related words

entomology ethnology ethology etymology

Derived words

aetiologic aetiologics aetiologist aetiologize etiologic etiological etiologically etiologist palaetiology

Translations

Asturian: etioloxía Chinese Mandarin: 病原學 /病原学 Chinese Mandarin: 病因學 /病因学 Chinese Mandarin: 病因 Finnish: etiologia Finnish: taudinsyy French: étiologie Galician: etioloxía German: Ätiologie Greek: αιτιολογία Hindi: हेतुविज्ञान Hungarian: kóroktan Hungarian: kórokkutatás Hungarian: etiológia Indonesian: etiologi Irish: cúiseolaíocht Korean: 병인학 Macedonian: етиологија Portuguese: etiologia Tagalog: palasanhiang-sakit Thai: สมุฏฐานวิทยา Thai: สมุฏฐานโรค Ukrainian: етіоло́гія
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