aetiology

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /iː.tɪˈɒ.lə.dʒi/    美 /i.tiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something. countable,uncountable
    — I do not know where the idea first arose of enlisting internal (subjective) excitations of the sensory organs as well as external sensory stimuli; but it is in fact done in all the more recent accounts of the aetiology of dreams [translating Traumätiologie].
  2. The study of causes or causation. countable,uncountable
  3. The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease. uncountable
  4. A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage notes). countable

词形变化

aetiologies plural ætiology alternative,archaic aitiology alternative etiology alternative,Canada,US

词汇关系

衍生词
aetiologic aetiologics aetiologist aetiologize etiologic etiological etiologically etiologist palaetiology
相关词
entomology ethnology ethology etymology

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin aetiologia, from Ancient Greek αἰτιολογία (aitiología), from αἰτία (aitía, “cause”). By surface analysis, aetio- + -logy; Doublet of aetiologia.
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