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etiologic

etiologic

9.9
Relating to the cause or origin of things in philosophy
  • adjective
  • /ˌiːtiəˈlɒdʒɪk/
  • Formal
translation icon : etiológico
  • How does the etiologic relation of earlier PM to later vocabulary compare to that of earlier vocabulary to later PM?
  • etiologic subgroups

Examples

  • We found few cross-cultural etiologic differences; our findings agreed with previous findings in the ILTS across the full range of individual differences.

    Academic text (2013)
  • We were interested in determining whether we could identify factors that might be associated with etiologic subgroups for language-related difficulties.

    Academic text (2013)
  • To remain consistent with previous etiologic research, we included a number of exclusionary criteria to ensure that parents were describing idiopathic SSD.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Table 2. Primary transmission mode and exposure setting of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks by etiologic agents, National Outbreak Reporting System, United States, 2009-2010.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Thus, this work suggests that there are etiologic subgroups of SLI: one with low language of environmental origin and a second with genes that cause poor speech, language, and phonological processing.

    Academic text (2013)
  • This finding could reflect measurement error, cultural bias in the vocabulary measures in the current study, a genuine etiologic risk factor that differentially impacts African American children, or some combination of these factors.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Numbers of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks and outbreak-associated outcomes caused by various etiologic agents, National Outbreak Reporting System, United States, 2009-2010 TABLE #

    Academic text (2013)
  • Thus, our findings agree with those of this earlier study documenting etiologic subgroups of SLI and suggest that there may be at least two routes to a low vocabulary score: one through genes that also influence PM and one through a relatively impoverished environment.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The researchers published an article discussing the etiologic factors that contribute to developmental disorders in children.

  • Many studies focus on the etiologic aspects of diseases to better understand their origins and improve treatment.

Synonyms

etiological
vsetiologic
  • Specialized
1 9.8

Relating to the cause or origin of something, used in fields like medicine and science

is limited to the philosophical study of causes and origins

Surface Forms

etiologic positive
etiological positive

Morphology

etiologic = etiology (transparent) = etiology + ic

Derived from 'etiology' with the productive adjectival suffix '-ic', so the philosophical sense remains a direct 'relating to causes' reading.

Etymology

Etiologic comes from the Greek root aitia meaning 'cause' and the idea of 'study', like etiology, the search for causes. So in philosophy an etiologic question asks 'what caused this' or 'how did it begin'.