| 单词 | etiology |
| 释义 | etiology (once / 27811 pages) n If you figure out the etiology of your friend's incessant hiccups, she'll be incredibly grateful, because etiology means "the cause of a disease or condition." The noun etiology is usually used by doctors and researchers who study disease and other medical topics. It means "origin" when you use it to describe illness or medical disorders, and it also refers to the study of the way things are caused. This second definition of etiology includes the study of disease, but you can use it to talk about the origins of anything at all. WORD FAMILYetiology: etiologic, etiological, etiologies, etiologist+/etiologic: etiologically USAGE EXAMPLES“You can’t help but think that better understanding of the biology and etiology of cancer will yield better treatments,” he says. Wall Street Journal(May 17, 2016) Or maybe I’m being just as eager as my patients in grasping for any etiology for their cancer other than “dumb luck.” New York Times(Apr 21, 2016) These relationships confirm the genetic etiology of scoliosis. US News(Mar 17, 2016) 1n the cause of a disease Syn|Hyper aetiology cause events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something 2n the philosophical study of causation Syn|Hyper aetiology philosophy the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics |
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