"aetiology" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /iː.tɪˈɒ.lə.dʒi/ [UK], /i.tiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-aetiology.wav Forms: aetiologies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin aetiologia, from Ancient Greek αἰτιολογία (aitiología), from αἰτία (aitía, “cause”). By surface analysis, aetio- + -logy; Doublet of aetiologia. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|aetiologia}} Learned borrowing from Latin aetiologia, {{der|en|grc|αἰτιολογία}} Ancient Greek αἰτιολογία (aitiología), {{surf|en|aetio-|-logy}} By surface analysis, aetio- + -logy, {{dbt|en|aetiologia}} Doublet of aetiologia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} aetiology (countable and uncountable, plural aetiologies)
  1. The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. The study of causes or causation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (study of causes or origins): etioloxía [feminine] (Asturian), etiologia [feminine] (Catalan), 原因論 (Chinese Mandarin), 原因论 (yuányīnlùn) (Chinese Mandarin), etiologie [feminine] (Czech), ætiologi (Danish), etiologie [feminine] (Dutch), etiologio (Esperanto), etiologia (Finnish), syyoppi (Finnish), étiologie [feminine] (French), etioloxía [feminine] (Galician), Ätiologie [feminine] (German), αιτιολογία (aitiología) [feminine] (Greek), אטיולוגיה (etiologia) [feminine] (Hebrew), etiológia (Hungarian), okkutatás (Hungarian), eziologia [feminine] (Italian), 原因論 (gen'inron) (alt: げんいんろん) (Japanese), សមុដ្ឋានវិទ្យា (sa’muttʰaan vityie) (Khmer), etiologija [feminine] (Lithuanian), etiyolojî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), etiologi (Norwegian), etiologia [feminine] (Polish), etiologia [feminine] (Portuguese), этиоло́гия (etiológija) [feminine] (Russian), етиологија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), etiologija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), etiología [feminine] (Spanish), etiologi [common-gender] (Swedish), etiyoloji (Turkish), етіоло́гія (etiolóhija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-aetiology-en-noun-ic-bhPhW Disambiguation of 'study of causes or origins': 23 39 15 23
  3. (medicine, uncountable) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-aetiology-en-noun-ME2HGRbY Topics: medicine, sciences
  4. (medicine, countable) A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage notes). Tags: countable Categories (topical): Medicine, Sciences Translations (origins of a disease): etioloxía [feminine] (Asturian), 病原學 (Chinese Mandarin), 病原学 (bìngyuánxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 病因學 (Chinese Mandarin), 病因学 (bìngyīnxué) (Chinese Mandarin), etiologia (Finnish), taudinsyy (Finnish), étiologie [feminine] (French), etioloxía [feminine] (Galician), αιτιολογία (aitiología) [feminine] (Greek), kóroktan (Hungarian), kórokkutatás (Hungarian), etiológia (Hungarian), 병인학 (alt: 病因學) (Korean), etiologia [feminine] (Portuguese), palasanhiang-sakit (Tagalog), สมุฏฐานวิทยา (Thai), สมุฏฐานโรค (Thai), етіоло́гія (etiolóhija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-aetiology-en-noun-sJ6Z-AOI Disambiguation of Sciences: 14 4 23 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with aetio-, English terms suffixed with -logy, English terms suffixed with -ology, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 5 17 60 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with aetio-: 29 14 15 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -logy: 19 9 11 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ology: 17 8 10 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 8 8 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 4 8 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 4 5 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 11 6 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 11 6 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 16 5 8 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 6 3 4 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 8 8 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 11 6 7 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 6 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 7 8 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 11 6 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 6 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 19 6 12 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 17 5 6 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 16 5 11 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 6 7 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 11 6 7 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 11 6 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 11 6 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 11 6 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 15 5 10 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 3 2 3 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 11 6 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 7 7 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 6 8 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 6 7 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 11 6 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 5 5 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 5 7 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 11 6 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 11 6 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 11 5 7 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 11 6 7 75 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'origins of a disease': 12 1 38 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ætiology [archaic], aitiology, etiology [Canada, US] Derived forms: aetiologic, aetiologics, aetiologist, aetiologize, etiologic, etiological, etiologically, etiologist, palaetiology Related terms: entomology, ethnology, ethology, etymology

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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "sense": "study of causes or origins",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "етіоло́гія"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "origins of a disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "etioloxía"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "origins of a disease",
      "word": "病原學"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bìngyuánxué",
      "sense": "origins of a disease",
      "word": "病原学"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "origins of a disease",
      "word": "病因學"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bìngyīnxué",
      "sense": "origins of a disease",
      "word": "病因学"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "origins of a disease",
      "word": "etiologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "origins of a disease",
      "word": "taudinsyy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "origins of a disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "étiologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "origins of a disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "etioloxía"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aitiología",
      "sense": "origins of a disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αιτιολογία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "origins of a disease",
      "word": "kóroktan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "origins of a disease",
      "word": "kórokkutatás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "origins of a disease",
      "word": "etiológia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "病因學",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "origins of a disease",
      "word": "병인학"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "origins of a disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "etiologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "origins of a disease",
      "word": "palasanhiang-sakit"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "origins of a disease",
      "word": "สมุฏฐานวิทยา"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "origins of a disease",
      "word": "สมุฏฐานโรค"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "etiolóhija",
      "sense": "origins of a disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "етіоло́гія"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "aetiology"
  ],
  "word": "aetiology"
}

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