etiology

Questions about etiology

What does etiology mean?

etiology 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 etiology?

etiology has 5 syllables: e-ti-o-lo-gy. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˌitiˈɑlədʒi/.

What is another word for etiology?

Close synonyms include aetiology, aetiology. 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 etiology a common word?

etiology 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.

What rhymes with etiology?

22 words rhyme with etiology. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.