单词 | aetiologist |
释义 | aetiologistetiologistn. A person who studies aetiology. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > causationism > [noun] > adherent of aetiologist1799 causationist1847 1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 2 339 Sydenham, who very seldom relies on the theoretical speculations of others, but is generally his own ætiologist,..believed he had discovered a peculiar diathesis, or state of the fluids. 1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 174 One of the points of minute anatomy that have most exercised..the imagination of etiologists [Fr. étiologistes]. 1866 Times 17 Aug. 10/3 The etiologist will be the better enabled to estimate aright the influence of other insanitary elements. 1932 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 23 399 Valuable disclosures resulting from the conversation with the prisoner are pointed out; and the criminologist, psychologist, psychiatrist, and aetiologist have a word on this topic. 1995 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 1 June g1 Francois Martin, an etiologist who is doing his doctorate in animal behavior, said: ‘Although the mechanism is not yet completely understood, I see animals as valid and valuable parts of therapy.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1799 |
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