PATHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Etiology is the cause of a disease or the science that deals with such causes.

Detailed explanation-2: -The cause of the disease is referred to as its etiology.

Detailed explanation-3: -The cause of the disease is referred to as its etiology (from the Greek word meaning the study of cause). One disease entity can have more than one etiology, and one etiology can lead to more than one disease. Each disease entity develops through a series of mechanistic chemical and cellular steps.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term “etiology” means the science of causes; from a scientific perspective, all diseases must have causes. A cause is something that produces an effect; in epidemiology it is customary to distinguish necessary cause, sufficient cause, proximal cause, and distal cause.