Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun etiology

2 senses of etiology

Sense 1
etiology, aetiology -- (the cause of a disease)
       => cause -- (events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash")

Sense 2
etiology, aetiology -- (the philosophical study of causation)
       => philosophy -- (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)