Adjective : etiologic agent.    From Dictionary.com. 

You name the horrible event, and he is identified as the etiologic agent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Firedoglake » Memorial Day Truth: There Is No “War on Terror”] Reference

Post-operative delirium: A study of etiologic factors.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry] Reference

Environmental contaminants as etiologic factors for diabetes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Autoimmune Epidemic] Reference

Is mumps virus an etiologic factor in juvenile diabetes mellitus?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Autoimmune Epidemic] Reference

The terms endogenous and reactive have no etiologic implications.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry] Reference

In these areas Iodine deficiency was identified as the principal etiologic factor.    From Wordnik.com.  [GOITROGENS & ENDEMIC GOITER] Reference

Connective tissue disease in southeastern Georgia: A case-control study of etiologic factors.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Autoimmune Epidemic] Reference

Just as there are conflicting etiologic theories, there are also opposing treatment approaches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinical Work with Adolescents] Reference

Neo: I just used your “benefit…doubt” phrase to pitch my etiologic thought as to why we got to this point in our history.    From Wordnik.com.  [More on Remnick and Obama] Reference

It combines categorical misclassification with etiologic.    From Wordnik.com.  [JAMA current issue] Reference

Fetherston JD (1997) Yersinia pestis-etiologic agent of plague.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Fetherston JD (1997) Yersinia pestis - etiologic agent of plague.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Just to be clear MadCon, HIV is the etiologic agent responsible for AIDS.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference

Sequencing of FAM5C coding regions did not disclose any etiologic mutations.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the principal etiologic agent of human tuberculosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

A careful physical examination revealed nothing of importance as an etiologic factor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

Since no etiologic variants were identified in FAM5C coding regions, five highly conserved.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Next, the etiologic diagnosis is made, aided by MRI, to understand the cause of the disorder.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Many investigators have questioned the role of EBV as a primary etiologic agent for breast cancer.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Helicobacter pylori is the etiologic agent of common gastritis and a risk factor for gastric cancer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elites TV] Reference

Positive findings would identify etiologic causes and provide clinical guidance to improve treatment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elites TV] Reference

Intracardiac shunts and anatomic pulmonary vascular shunts are the most common etiologic associations.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Chronic alcoholism is a well-known etiologic factor associated with chronic and irreversible pancrea.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

The lung is the major portal of entry and transmission for variola virus, the etiologic agent of smallpox.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

H. pylori is the most important etiologic agent of gastroduodenal ulcers and malignancies, the researchers said.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

The authors therefore suggest that an inclusion of the etiologic factors of COPD exacerbations in the definition.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Even in the absence of confounding and bias, the observed effect estimate represents only a subset of the etiologic effect.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

P.g., a putative periodontal pathogen, is an etiologic agent of periodontitis and expresses a variety of virulence factors.    From Wordnik.com.  [innovations-report] Reference

Results are detailed in table 1 and show that in 41% of cases, one or several possible viral etiologic agents were identified.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The reasons for this rise in case numbers are unknown as is the possible reservoir of the etiologic agent Francisella (F.) tularensis.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

The decline of growth hormone in the development of sarcopenia is one of many factors, and its etiologic role needs to be demonstrated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Food &Health Skeptic] Reference

However, high-risk types, most often HPV16, are the primary etiologic agents for anogenital malignancies, in particular cervical cancer.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Edwardsiella tarda is the etiologic agent of edwardsiellosis, a devastating fish disease prevailing in worldwide aquaculture industries.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Streptococcus bovis (etiologic).    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » VIDEO: Rice Calls Idea That Iraq War Contributed To Regional Instability ‘Grotesque’] Reference

Lyophilized arbovirus seed (etiologic).    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » VIDEO: Rice Calls Idea That Iraq War Contributed To Regional Instability ‘Grotesque’] Reference

Environment as etiologic factor, 23.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies in Forensic Psychiatry] Reference

A possible etiologic factor. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Leo Galland, M.D.: Do You Have Leaky Gut Syndrome?] Reference