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

Derived forms: etiologies

Type of: cause, philosophy

Encyclopedia: Etiology

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