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Aetiology   Listen
noun
aetiology, etiology  n.  
1.
The science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and development of things; etiology.
2.
The assignment of a cause.
3.
(Med.) The cause or origin of a disease. Now more commonly written etiology.





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... MEDICINE.—On the Etiology of the Carbuncular Disease. By L. Pasteur, assisted by Chamberland and Roux. An extremely valuable investigation of the nature, causes, and conditions of animal plagues 4133 Report on Yellow Fever in the U. S. Steamer Plymouth. By the Surgeon-General ...
— Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 • Various


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