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Noun: aetiology  `ee-tee'ó-lu-jee
Usage: Brit, Cdn (=etiology)
  1. The cause of a disease
    - etiology [N. Amer]
     
  2. The philosophical study of causation
    - etiology [N. Amer]

Derived forms: aetiologies

See also: aetiologic [Brit, Cdn], aetiologist [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: cause, philosophy

Encyclopedia: Aetiology

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aestivate
aestivation
aether
Aether
Aethionema
Aethusa
Aethusa cynapium
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Aetobatus
Aetobatus narinari
AFAIK
afar
Afars and Issas
afeard
afeared
afebrile
affability
affable