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etiopathology

etiopathology noun: the determination or study of the cause of a pathology.

Noun

etiopathology (countable and uncountable, plural etiopathologies)

  1. The determination or study of the cause of a pathology.
    • However, more work is needed to determine whether methylation in this locus is involved in the etiopathology of mania.2015 July 6, “Association of DNA Methylation with Acute Mania and Inflammatory Markers”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    pathoetiology

Synonyms of etiopathology

Forms of etiopathology

pluraletiopathologies

Origin of etiopathology

Blend of etiology + pathology. By surface analysis, etio- + pathology.

Words formed from etiopathology

Questions about etiopathology

What does etiopathology mean?
Etiopathology means the determination or study of the cause of a pathology.
What part of speech is etiopathology?
Etiopathology is a noun.
What is the plural of etiopathology?
The plural of etiopathology is etiopathologies.

Words near etiopathology in the dictionary

  1. etiopathogeny
  2. etiopathologic
  3. etiopathological
  4. etiopathologically
  5. etiopathologies
  6. etiopathology
  7. etiopathomechanistic
  8. etiopathophysiologies
  9. etiopathophysiologist
  10. etiopathophysiologists
  11. etiopathophysiology

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