etiology

Meaning of etiology

noun
  1. 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
  2. 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:

aetiology

Translation of etiology

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