Associations to the word «Aetiology»

Wiktionary

AETIOLOGY, noun. The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
AETIOLOGY, noun. The study of causes or causation.
AETIOLOGY, noun. (medicine) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.

Dictionary definition

AETIOLOGY, noun. The cause of a disease.
AETIOLOGY, noun. The philosophical study of causation.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley