a part that sticks out from the general mass of something the bizarrely shaped protrusions of a coral reef Synonyms bunch, convexity, jut, overhang, projection, bulge, protuberance, swellRelated Words dome; blob, bump, dilatation, gibbosity, hump, knob, knot, knurl, lump, nub, obtrusion, puff, snag, swelling; block, piece, portion, section; ...
For medicine, see etiology (medicine) . Etiology (/iËtiËÉlÉdÊi/ ; alternatively aetiology or aetiology) Ã¦tiology is the study of, causation or. Origination the word is derived from The greek, Î±á¼°ÏÎ¹Î¿Î»Î¿Î³Î¯Î±, aitiologia giving a reason (for, Î±á¼°ÏÎ¯Î±, aitia; cause -and, -Î»Î¿Î³Î¯Î±). logia
etiology, aetiology. 1. the branch of medical science that studies the causes of diseases and the factors underlying their spread. 2. the accumulated knowledge of disease causes.â etiologist, n.â etiologic, etiological, adj.etiology. â aetiological, adj.oun. 1. aetiology-the cause of a disease. etiology. cause-events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; they are trying to determine the cause of the crash.