1. The cause of a disease
   - etiology [N. Amer] 
2. The philosophical study of causation
   - etiology [N. Amer]

Derived forms: aetiologies

See also: aetiologic [Brit, Cdn], aetiologist [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: cause, philosophy

Encyclopedia: Aetiology

• final injunction
• final judgment
• final payment
• final period
• final result
• final solution
• final stage
• finale
• finalisation
• finalise
• finalist
• finality
• finalization
• finalize
• finally
• finance
• finance committee
• finance company
• finance minister
• finances
• financial
• financial aid
• financial analyst
• financial audit
• financial backing