etiology

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Also, the etiology is about the same as previously, although

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  1. noun The study of causes or origins.
  2. noun The branch of medicine that deals with the causes or origins of disease.
  3. noun Assignment of a cause, an origin, or a reason for something.
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  • Evaluation of chronic abdominal pain of luminal etiology is a challenging problem for the primary care physicians and gastroenterologists. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • Related to the genetic as well as the endocrine possibilities of etiology is a most recent one, coming from Williarn C. —  A.E.Brain
  • Soteriades E et al. N Engl J Med 2002; 347: 878-885 Purpose:  To evaluate incidence, etiology, and prognosis of syncope in Framingham Heart Study participants from 1971 to 1998. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Also, the etiology is about the same as previously, although —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • These are obviously penetratingly ingenious conceptions or methodological approaches to understand etiology, pathophysiology, pathology and consequent clinical syndromes. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
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  1. Late Latin aetiologia, from Greek aitiologiā : aitiā, cause + -logiā, -logy.
 

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/itɪˈɑloʊkji/
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