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etiologic

etiologic

1 8.9
Relating to the cause of a disease or medical condition
  • adjective
  • /ˌiːtiəˈlɒdʒɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : etiológico
  • We investigated the outbreak to confirm the etiologic agent and prevent disease transmission.
  • etiologic agent
  • etiologic factor
  • identify the etiologic

Examples

  • Trauma and foreign bodies were the most common etiologic factors in the adult subgroup.

    Academic text (1995)
  • However, identification of the etiologic agent is necessary for planning relevant interventions.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Regarding the second question, the etiologic basis for the PM-vocabulary association appeared to vary for different groups of children.

    Academic text (2013)
  • However, the five etiologic agents were confirmed as D. nihonkaiense by molecular analysis.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The national reference laboratory in Thailand is able to test for all confirmed/probable etiologic agents.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Despite these advances, the etiologic agents of many apparent infections are still unidentified.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Longitudinal twin studies can enable researchers to investigate etiologic relationships of different measures across time in order to address causal direction.

    Academic text (2013)
  • There is no persuasive evidence that cigarette smoking is an etiologic factor in sinonasal carcinoma.

    Academic text (2002)
  • A new clonal strain of Candida auris is an emerging etiologic agent of fungemia in Delhi, India.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Scientists determined that the etiologic factor behind the outbreak was a new virus.

Synonyms

etiological
vsetiologic
  • Specialized
1 9.4

Relating to the cause of a disease

is the shorter variant used interchangeably in some texts
pathogenetic
vsetiologic
  • Specialized
9.5

Connected with how a disease begins and develops

relates more broadly to causes or origins not only active disease production

Antonyms

symptomatic
  • Specialized
23 5.9

Showing signs of an illness or problem

Surface Forms

etiologic positive
etiological positive

Morphology

etiologic = etiology (transparent) = etiology + ic

Formed by the noun 'etiology' plus the adjectival suffix '-ic', so the meaning is directly related to causes/origins.

Etymology

Etiologic comes from the Greek root aitia meaning 'cause' and the idea of 'study', like etiology, the study of causes. So an etiologic explanation in medicine looks for the 'cause' of a disease.