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n. - A specialist in the causes of diseases.

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  • The statistics of disease prove cancers of other organs to be twice as frequent, among females, as cancer of the stomach is among males; and an eminent etiologist places...
  • Dr. Lisa Bernstein, the etiologist (that's someone who studies the cause of diseases) wrote in an email to Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota:
  • It's also a good way to build and retain their audience, since the endless array of health information on the web makes everyone an amateur etiologist.
  • Whether it results from disease of the hock, of an ulcerative character; whether it springs from a malformation; whether it is a shortening of the ligaments, a chronic...
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