English Dictionary

aetiology

IPA（発音記号）

/iːtɪˈɒlədʒi/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something. / The study of causes or causation.

日本語の意味

原因や起源の確定・把握 / 原因や因果関係の研究・学問

The research team focused on the aetiology of the mysterious illness to prevent further outbreaks.

研究チームはさらなる流行を防ぐため、その謎の病気の原因究明に注力した。

意味（1）

The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.

I do not know where the idea first arose of enlisting internal (subjective) excitations of the sensory organs as well as external sensory stimuli; but it is in fact done in all the more recent accounts of the aetiology of dreams [translating Traumätiologie].

意味（2）

The study of causes or causation.

意味（3）

(medicine, uncountable) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.

意味（4）

(medicine, countable) A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage notes).

aetiologies （ plural ）