etiology
病因学,病原学,病因,病理
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plural e·ti·ol·o·gies.
- : Pathology. the study of the causes of diseases.the cause or origin of a disease.
- : the study of causation.
- : any study of causes, causation, or causality, as in philosophy, biology, or physics.
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It seems to be part of its etiology, its moral and social origins and effects.
What we do know is that, speaking generally, there are multiple possible etiologies of a sudden loss of consciousness in athletes.
At autopsy, researchers have reported the presence of viral protein in the actual heart muscle of deceased patients—so viral involvement is possible, though the true etiology may be multifactorial.
Friendship is the trump card in the movement for equality, not etiology.
The distinction is based chiefly upon etiology, although each type presents a more or less distinctive blood-picture.
Certainly there is no reason in any definitely known etiology of the affections.
This is all the more surprising as the two affections are so different in their etiology.
This idea is very suggestive when considered in relation to the etiology of bothriocephalous anmia.
This fact is of great importance in connexion both with problems of etiology and the practical question of operations on the eye.