aetiology

[ ee-tee-ol-uh-jee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural ae·ti·ol·o·gies.

aetiology

/ ˌiːtɪˈɒlədʒɪ /

C16: from Late Latin aetologia , from Greek aitiologia , from aitia cause

So Aenesidemus teaches eight Tropes, by which he thinks that he can prove all the dogmatic aetiology useless.

Therefore it is perhaps possible to put the temerity of the Dogmatics to shame in aetiology by these Tropes.

The aetiology of the disease is not yet known, and there are very many theories offered to explain it.

The study of aetiology of disease is in fact only a particular case of that of aetiology in general.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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