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e·ti·ol·o·gy
[ee-tee-ol-uh-jee]
–noun, plural: -gies.
1. Pathology
a. the study of the causes of diseases
b. the cause or origin of a disease
2. the study of causation
3. any study of causes, causation, or causality, as in philosophy, biology, or physics