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Synonyms for etiology

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ee-tee-ol-uh-jee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌi tiˈɒl ə dʒi

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Définition of etiology

Origin :
  • "science of causes or causation," 1550s, from Late Latin aetiologia, from Greek aitiologia "statement of cause," from aitia "cause" + -logia "a speaking" (see -logy). Related: Etiologic; etiological.
  • As in anatomy : noun study of animal, plant structure
Example sentences :
  • The third volume of the fifth edition treats of the etiology and cure of crime.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
  • A number of other measures will be inferred from what has been said in the section on etiology.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Life of the Child » by Albert Moll
  • The development is insidious, and the etiology is not known.
  • Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley
  • Let us turn to some of the current theories of the etiology of scurvy.
  • Extract from : « Scurvy Past and Present » by Alfred Fabian Hess
  • First, because they help317 us to understand the pathology and etiology of malaria.
  • Extract from : « The Popular Science Monthly, July, 1900 » by Various
  • Lombroso assigns to atavism a position of pre-eminence in the etiology of crime.
  • Extract from : « Not Guilty » by Robert Blatchford
  • The etiology of rachitis must be studied from two points of view.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • With the etiology mainly exogenous 20% recovered and 14.3% improved.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • Such is our view of the etiology of manic-depressive insanity as a whole.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • This is all the more surprising as the two affections are so different in their etiology.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by James J. Walsh

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