(n.) The science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and development of things.
(n.) The assignment of a cause.
Example Sentences:
(1) The data indicate that ebselen is likely to be useful in the therapy of inflammatory conditions in which reactive oxygen species, such as peroxides, play an aetiological role.
(2) The aetiological factors concerned in the production of paraumbilical and epigastric hernias have been reviewed along structural--functional lines.
(3) In the aetiology the Periodontitis apicalis and wounds after tooth extractions are in the highest position.
(4) While much research has examined the aetiology and treatment of asthma, little work has been done on its social impact.
(5) A traumatic factor in the aetiology of the AVM was also discussed, since the patient had had two preceding episodes of traffic accidents with cranial and lumbar injury.
(6) A viral aetiology for this group of diseases remains an attractive but unsubstantiated hypothesis.
(7) The rationale for using the high-risk-group research design in the search for the aetiology of schizophrenia is described.
(8) Thirty patients were evaluated in a blind fashion to study the effect of oral propranolol on portal hypertension of varied aetiology.
(9) It appears that irrespective of the elucidation of the nature of the putative aetiological factor (presumed to be viral) in MS, the arrest and reversal of T cell-related events within the CNS in this devastating condition represent feasible goals and should remain a major target for some time to come.
(10) However, occupational hazards, toxic and iatrogenic drug-induced aetiologies should not be overlooked.
(11) These results, together with the gradual onset of symptoms which worsened after each pregnancy, suggest a possible autoimmune aetiology of her pituitary ACTH and Prl deficiencies.
(12) No common aetiological factor could be found, although four of these patients did have a mild or moderatley active superficial chronic gastritis.
(13) These studies demonstrated an association of HIV virus with cytopathic and immunopathogenic reactions in lymphatic organs of AIDS patients, and are consistent with previous results, as well as indicative of a primary aetiologic role for the virus.
(14) The aetiology remains at present uncertain and therefore rational therapeutic strategies are difficult to plan.
(15) It is important that the aetiology of the hypercalcaemia be established, as it can reflect serious disease.
(16) Recent theoretical developments in health psychology and allied disciplines on coping behaviour and social support should be integrated into biomedical models of the aetiology, pathogenesis and clinical course of malignant neoplasia.
(17) The syndrome of ovarian hyperstimulation is an exceptional aetiology of pleural effusion.
(18) Parental consanguinity suggests that an autosomal recessive mutation is the likely aetiology.
(20) Frequency, clinical aspects, histology and aetiology of the above described disorders of placentation are discussed.
Nosology
Definition:
(n.) A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.
(n.) That branch of medical science which treats of diseases, or of the classification of diseases.
Example Sentences:
(1) ), nosological frontiers are still unclear and accordingly justify a comparative serological study of M.M., W.M., and B.M.G.
(2) This paper employs a cultural constructivist perspective to deconstruct these nosologies and the classificatory process itself.
(3) In the course of the years, López Ibor came to the conclusion that anxious thymopathy was not an independent nosological entity, rather that vital (also called endothymic) anxiety was an element present in all forms of neurotic disorders integrated with personality and biographical factors.
(4) Tier one comprises the nosological diagnosis, and tier two a detailed depiction of the component psychological dysfunctions.
(5) The nosological and conceptual controversies differentiating bilateral ballismus as a phenomenological entity are reviewed.
(6) However, they possibly represent two manifestations of the same nosological entity, which is initially dominated by a subretinal exudation in the macular region.
(7) The exact nosology of this form of excessive hair growth is discussed in relation to hirsuties and the possibility of it representing an 'atavistic' trait.
(8) Implications of comorbidity for research on the nature of psychopathology and the ultimate integration of dimensional and categorical features in our nosology are considered.
(9) Significant heterogeneity has been noted in the parameters of hemogram, myelogram and in the subpopulational composition of peripheral blood and bone marrow lymphocytes in each nosologic form, the group of patients with hyper-IgM syndrome has proved to be most heterogeneic.
(10) An identical type of lesions was revealed: disorders of the connective tissue, destruction of elastic fibers, alterations of vasa vasorum, with cellular reactions typical of each nosological form reflecting the peculiarities of the immunological processes.
(11) A review of the literature is included and the standpoints concerning the nosological entities are discussed.
(12) Clinical and histologic variation of this process has resulted in nosologic confusion, and the cases in the English literature were reviewed to characterize it within racial groups.
(13) 6 autopsy cases of primary leptomeningeal sarcomatosis are presented as a distinct nosological entity with a variable clinical picture and morphology in 5 males and 1 female.
(14) This led to recognize the nosological relationships of these atypical cases with Parsonage-Turner's syndrome and to emphasize the similarities with Guillain-Barré syndrome.
(15) Inflammatory parameters are definitely involved, and the nosological neighbourhood to angylosing spondylitis is discussed.
(16) The nosology of pulmonary contusion is discussed in relation to several factors, including shock, perfusions and associated lesions.
(17) Classifications of mental disorders, more or less based on nosological concepts, are mentioned, as well as the recent emphasis on operational tools for classification.
(18) 80 inpatients were interviewed twice by the same physician with an interval of 24 h. By forming subgroups concerning diagnosis and duration of hospitalization, it was possible to examine the influence of these two criteria on the retest reliability of the following findings: (1) aspects of the interview; (2) AMP symptoms; (3) AMP syndromes; (4) clinical syndrome diagnoses, and (5) nosological diagnoses.
(19) In both classifications the unspecified and the atypical suffered a great diagnostic mobility; in both nosologies the schizophrenia was the most unchangeable diagnosis, no patient discharged with this diagnosis changed to another in the follow up.
(20) The clinical electroencephalography of the sixth and seventh decade of this century saw its task in the coordination of EEG-findings and nosological entities.