Word Study
etiological
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective etiological has 2 senses
- etiological(a = adj.pert) aetiologic, aetiological, etiologic - of or relating to the philosophical study of causation; Array Derived form noun etiology2
- etiological(a = adj.pert) aetiologic, aetiological, etiologic - relating to the etiology of a disease; "etiological agent" Derived form noun etiology1
CIDE DICTIONARY
etiological, a.
Pertaining to, or inquiring into, causes; ætiological. [1913 Webster]
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