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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King