Etiological

Word ETIOLOGICAL
Character 11
Hyphenation e ti o log ic al
Pronunciations /ˌiːtɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Etiological"

What do we mean by etiological?

Of or pertaining to an etiology.

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The word "etiological" in example sentences

Without antiviral drugs or a real understanding of the infectious agent (scientists argued for years over whether bacillus influenzae was the etiological agent of the 1918 flu pandemic, until a "filterable virus" was eventually determined to be the cause), patients were basically on their own against the disease, and the only useful response was a public health one. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The collective efforts by researchers in our group and others, and by clinicians, brought together sufficient data to convince the scientific community and the relevant authorities that LAV (later to be named human immunodeficiency virus, HIV) was the etiological agent of AIDS. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So compelling are these findings that Dr. Itzhaki has concluded, Our present data suggest that this virus is a major cause of amyloid plaques and hence probably a significant etiological factor in Alzheimer's disease. ❋ M.D. David Perlmutter (2011)

Shrouded in etiological puzzles, the place continues to pique the minds of scholars and travel show hosts. ❋ Richard Bangs (2011)

Indeed, it is not at all clear whether there may in fact be an etiological link between fibromyalgia and obesity. ❋ Unknown (2010)

These researchers found that the symptoms manifested and believed tied to epilepsy were sometimes evidence of other etiological diseases. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But the etiological beliefs of the Nahuas, a topic we explore in depth in Chapter 4, were not so simplistic, attributing all ailments to gods angry with human failings. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Our discussion of colonial healers in the previous chapter alluded to the variety of etiological beliefs that circulated throughout Mexico during the colonial period. ❋ Unknown (2008)

About the origin of the story, Kugel writes that it "looks like an etiological narrative, that is, the recounting of some incident from the distant past that serves to explain the way things are 'now,' at the time of the story's composition, when Sodom was a ghost town." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Meanwhile he fell very much out of conceit with some of his most important early conceptions; he wanted to do away with the etiological myth of the Sun and Moon, and change the story of the origin of Men, and he never did come up with a satisfactory explanation of the Orcs. Matters like these, and the unending task of refining his invented languages, occupied him almost exclusively in his last years. ❋ Superversive (2007)

Thus, etiological considerations cannot support a categorical distinction between pathological and non-pathological beliefs. ❋ Bortolotti, Lisa (2009)

The etiological answer to the question why delusions are pathological in (v) needs to be better explored. ❋ Bortolotti, Lisa (2009)

US Government officials are finally getting serious about studying all potential environmental factors in autism, and I for one applaud them heartily for leaving no etiological stone unturned. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You are quite wrong to suggest that Wakefield's etiological claims have not been investigated. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's based on his examinations of hundreds of serial killers and violent criminals that reveal a common confluence of three etiological factors that befall these unfortunate souls: neurological damage to the brain, abuse during childhood and mental illness (bipolar, schizophrenia, depression and so on). ❋ Unknown (2009)

The best view we have from twin studies is that schizophrenia results from both genetic and shared-environment etiological influences, with "shared environment" meaning classical postnatal environmental factors plus prenatal environmental factors such as exposure to infectious agents, macro - or micronutrient dietary characteristics, and exposure to environmental toxic chemicals, teratogens, and other assaults to the prenatal environment. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Responses on the part of affected communities, medical practitioners, and governmental representatives interact to form socially shared public etiological and epidemiological understandings that shape subsequent prevention methods. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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