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  1. e·ti·ol·o·gy
    noun
    1. medicine
      the cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition:
      "a group of distinct diseases with different etiologies" · "a disease of unknown etiology"
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    The word is derived from the Greek word αἰτιολογία ( aitiología ), meaning "giving a reason for" (from αἰτία (aitía) 'cause', and -λογία ( -logía) 'study of'). More completely, etiology is the study of the causes, origins, or reasons behind the way that things are, or the way they function, or it can refer to the causes themselves.
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    Etiology ( / ˌiːtiˈɒlədʒi /; alternatively spelled aetiology or ætiology) is the study of causation or origination. The word is derived from the Greek word αἰτιολογία ( aitiología ), meaning "giving a reason for" (from αἰτία (aitía) 'cause', and -λογία ( -logía) 'study of').
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    The etiology of a disease is its cause or origin. Etiology is also the name for the study of the causes of diseases. It can also refer to the study of the cause of things in other fields, such as philosophy and physics. But it is most commonly used in the context of medicine. In British English, it is spelled aetiology.
    Pathology is the study of harm, including the study of pathogenesis. Etiology is the investigation of causes. Doctors are most interested in the causes of harm, not in the causes of neutral or good outcomes, so most medical etiology is pathology. Pathophysiology is the study of biological processes associated with harm.
  3. WEBThe four causes or four explanations are, in Aristotelian thought, four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?" in analysis of change or movement in nature: the material , the formal , the efficient , and …