ætiologic en · ADJ
Etymology
From ætiology + -ic.
Meanings
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(alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete) Obsolete form of aetiologic.
alt of aetiologic
The possibility of systemic disturbances, altered metabolism, and impaired nutrition being ætiologic factors in the production of ulcer led to the experiment of confining animals in very close quarters for a long period of time.
1908, Louis H. L. Mackenzie, The Practitioner, page 672: