etiology
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- n the cause of a disease
- n the philosophical study of causation
- The etiology of MS is complicated and appears to involve many genes, so the next challenge will be to figure out precisely what role these two new genetic variants play.
- As the outbreak continues to spread, researchers scramble to figure out the etiology of the novel swine flu and why it's worse in Mexico.
- The etiology of SIDS is still largely a mystery.