etiologic
adjective
eti·o·log·ic
ˌē-tē-ə-ˈlä-jik 
variants
or etiological
1
: assigning or seeking to assign a cause
2
: of or relating to etiology
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2012
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etiologic
adjective
eti·o·log·ic
ˌēt-ē-ə-ˈläj-ik
variants
or etiological
or chiefly British aetiologic
or aetiological
1
: of, relating to, or based on etiology
etiologic treatment of a disease seeks to remove or correct its cause
2
: causing or contributing to the cause of a disease or condition
smoking is an etiologic factor in the production of arteriosclerosis—F. A. Faught
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