AETIOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aetiology mean? 

• AETIOLOGY (noun)
  The noun AETIOLOGY has 2 senses:

1. the cause of a disease

2. the philosophical study of causation

  Familiarity information: AETIOLOGY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AETIOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cause of a disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

aetiology; etiology

Hypernyms ("aetiology" is a kind of...):

cause (events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something)

Derivation:

aetiologic; aetiological (relating to the etiology of a disease)

aetiologist (a specialist in the etiology of diseases)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The philosophical study of causation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

aetiology; etiology

Hypernyms ("aetiology" is a kind of...):

philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)

Derivation:

aetiologic; aetiological (of or relating to the philosophical study of causation)