etiological
Concerning origin causes
Etiological means relating to causes or origins, especially of diseases or conditions.
In medicine, an etiological agent is whatever causes a particular illness: The etiological role of smoking in lung cancer is well established.
The term extends to any field studying why things happen: etiological myths explain how customs or natural features came to be.
How disease develops
- causationProduction of effects
- determinantMatrix-derived scalar quantity
- antecedentSomething that precedes
- precursorSomething that comes first
factor · mechanism · explanation · basis · root · catalyst · trigger · agent
Science of disease mechanisms
- epidemiologyStudy of disease spread
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
mutation · disease · syndrome · congenital · hereditary · viral · bacterial · chronic
pathogenesis
How disease develops
- causationProduction of effects
- determinantMatrix-derived scalar quantity
- antecedentSomething that precedes
precursor · factor · mechanism · explanation · basis · root · catalyst · trigger · agent · driver
pathophysiology
Science of disease mechanisms
- epidemiologyStudy of disease spread
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- prognosisPredicted disease course
infection · mutation · disease · syndrome · congenital · hereditary · viral · bacterial · chronic · iatrogenic
cosmogony
Study of universal origins
- creationMaking something exist
- origin storyAccount of how something began
- pantheonAll gods of a religion
primordial · chaos · deity · folklore · mythos · archetype · fable · legend · narrative · allegory
etiologicalsymptomatic
Showing signs of disease
phenomenological · surface-level · superficial · presentational · effectual
etiologicalsymptomatic
Showing signs of disease
descriptive · correlational · observational · taxonomic · classificatory