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.