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单词 aetiology
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aetiology

[ ee-tee-ol-uh-jee ]
/ ˌi tiˈɒl ə dʒi /

noun, plural ae·ti·ol·o·gies.

etiology.

OTHER WORDS FROM aetiology

ae·ti·o·log·ic [ee-tee-uh-loj-ik], /ˌi ti əˈlɒdʒ ɪk/, ae·ti·o·log·i·cal, adjectiveae·ti·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverbae·ti·ol·o·gist, noun

Words nearby aetiology

Æthelwulf, aether, aethereal, aethon, aetiological, aetiology, Aetna, Aetolia, Aetolus, AEW, af
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Example sentences from the Web for aetiology

  • The aetiology of the disease is not yet known, and there are very many theories offered to explain it.

    Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
  • Therefore it is perhaps possible to put the temerity of the Dogmatics to shame in aetiology by these Tropes.

    Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism|Mary Mills Patrick
  • The study of aetiology of disease is in fact only a particular case of that of aetiology in general.

    Disease in Plants|H. Marshall Ward

British Dictionary definitions for aetiology

aetiology

etiology

/ (ˌiːtɪˈɒlədʒɪ) /

noun plural -gies

the philosophy or study of causation
the study of the causes of diseases
the cause of a disease

Derived forms of aetiology

aetiologist or etiologist, noun

Word Origin for aetiology

C16: from Late Latin aetologia, from Greek aitiologia, from aitia cause
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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