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etiology

[ee-tee-ol-uh-jee] / ˌi tiˈɒl ə dʒi /


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There is no explanation for her illness, no etiology.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

Being the journalist I am, from the beginning of this strange and bewildering acoustic saga, I wanted to determine the etiology of my hearing decline.

From Salon Sep. 30, 2024

Although its etiology is still unclear, previous studies have shown that bipolar disease is highly heritable.

From Science Daily Apr. 30, 2024

Each of the epithets has its own etiology, and some of their origins can be traced to their inception.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 4, 2023

In 2012, several further studies corroborated these initial findings, strengthening the links between these variants of mental illness and family histories and deepening questions about their etiology, epidemiology, triggers, and instigators.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

It's funny, but you know, that's the best way I think, to convey all kinds of etiologies.

From Salon Apr. 10, 2019

Healthspanners want to understand the etiologies of cancer and heart disease and then block them.

From The New Yorker Mar. 27, 2017

Scientists suspect that what is called autism may actually be an array of distinct conditions that have different genetic and environmental etiologies but happen to produce similar symptoms.

From New York Times Jul. 31, 2014

Follicular-fluid neurotrophin levels in women undergoing assisted reproductive technology for different etiologies of infertility.

From Scientific American Sep. 5, 2012

He is careful to say that both symptoms and treatment vary with the varied etiologies.

From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)




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