Aetiological

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aetiological \Ae`ti*o*log"ic*al\, a.
     Pertaining to [ae]tiology; pertaining to the cause; assigning
     a cause. -- {[AE]`ti*o*log"ic*al*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster] etiology

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  aetiological
       adj 1: of or relating to the philosophical study of etiology [syn:
              {etiological}, {etiologic}, {aetiologic}]
       2: relating to the etiology of a disease; "etiological agent"
          [syn: {etiological}, {etiologic}, {aetiologic}]