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Vinony

etiology

noun

  1. reason or origination of some disease
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-der. Ancient Greek αἰτῐ́ᾱ (aitĭ́ā) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογίᾱ (-logíā) Ancient Greek αἰτῐολογῐ́ᾱ (aitĭologĭ́ā)der. Latin aetiologiabor. English etiology See origins at aetiology § Etymology. By surface analysis, etio- + -logy.

  1. US standard spelling of aetiology.

    “Whether we were discussing the etiology of tuberculosis, gynecological surgery, or the implication of census health statistics, these sources have conveyed to me Rorschach-like, divergent medical worldviews.”