| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | e·ti·ol·o·gy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |    t- l  -j |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also ae·ti·ol·o·gy |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. e·ti·ol·o·gies
1a. The study of causes or origins. b. The branch of medicine that deals with the causes or origins of disease. 2a. Assignment of a cause, an origin, or a reason for something. b. The cause or origin of a disease or disorder as determined by medical diagnosis. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin aetiologia, from Greek aitiologi : aiti, cause + -logi, -logy. | | OTHER FORMS: | eti·o·logic (--lj k) , eti·o·logi·cal —ADJECTIVE
eti·o·logi·cal·ly —ADVERB
eti·olo·gist —NOUN
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