aetiology

Questions about aetiology

What does aetiology mean?

aetiology means "the cause of a disease". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aetiology?

aetiology has 6 syllables: a-e-ti-o-lo-gy. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for aetiology?

Close synonyms include etiology, etiology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aetiology a common word?

aetiology is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.