Etiology
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Etiology (alternately aetiology, aitiology) is the study of causation. The term (deriving from the Greek words αἰτία aitia = cause and λόγος logos = word/speech) is used in philosophy, and psychology, in reference to the causes of various phenomena. It is generally the study of why things occur, or even the reasons behind the way that things act.
In medicine in particular, the term means the occurrences, reasons, and variables of diseases or pathology. On The three Cs of etiology there is an informative text about the etiology of cleft lips explaining several methods of the etiological science.
An example of the word in use: "...there is on the other a tendency to attribute all disorders, including both physical and mental disorders of unknown aetiology to 'viruses'. In some ways, it is similar to possession by demons in medieval times, and we could make a case for the virus as a 'demon'", from the Foreword of the book "Perfumery", edited by van Toller and Dodd, 1986.
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