cause of disease; etiology
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
cause of a disease; etiology
formalA medical and technical term referring to the origin or root cause of an illness.
Bìng病
yīn因
shàng尚
wèi未
chá查
míng明
。
The cause of the disease has not yet been identified.
Yī医
shēng生
zhèng正
zài在
fēn分
xī析
zhè这
zhǒng种
hǎn罕
jiàn见
bìng病
de的
bìng病
yīn因
。
The doctor is analyzing the etiology of this rare disease.
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Xī吸
yān烟
shì是
dǎo导
zhì致
fèi肺
ái癌
de的
zhòng重
yào要
bìng病
yīn因
zhī之
yī一
。
Smoking is one of the important causes of lung cancer.
Zhè这
xiàng项
yán研
jiū究
de的
mù目
dì的
shì是
tàn探
xún寻
yí遗
chuán传
xìng性
bìng病
yīn因
。
The purpose of this research is to explore hereditary causes of disease.