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n. - The philosophical study of causation; The cause of a disease.

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  • Next to that he had written the word etiology followed by a question mark.
  • A specialist would need to diagnose the situation and figure out what we could call the etiology of that payroll of 1,400.
  • The doctrine of the First Things, known as etiology, should illuminate the doctrine of the Last Things, known as escatology.
  • Logically, the evolution of Ménière's disease depends on certain unknown variables such as etiology and personal characteristics.
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