aetiological

/ ˌiːtɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to aetiology
2. philosophy (of an explanation) in terms of causal precedents, as opposed, for instance, to the intentions of an agent

Derived Forms

• ˌaetioˈlogically, adverb

Example Sentences

Historian Glenn Johnson said it was a "sensitive aetiological site" and must be developed to keep the original architectural features.

From BBC

Most early epidemiological work entailed case-control studies, which look at the medical history, lifestyle and history of environmental exposures to potential aetiological agents of people with cancer compared with healthy individuals from a selected population.

From Nature

Our analyses identified three molecular subclasses of oesophageal squamous cell carcinomas, but none showed evidence for an aetiological role of human papillomavirus.

From Nature

Structure-based classification will enable aetiological and epidemiological studies to evaluate comprehensively the connection between prion strains that cause disease in humans with those that cause disease in animals.

From Nature

Emerging functional data are also shifting the aetiological focus of the disease from a neuron-centric view to an integrated outlook that acknowledges the synergistic functions of the different cell types of the brain9.

From Nature