Meanings
- not comparableRelating to more than one etiology.
1 more example
As the causative mechanisms are unclear, probably a polyetiological interplay of environmental exposures and genetic predisposition, the therapy is actually a challenge to dermatologists: in English literature, there are nowadays only a few case reports or small case series, with no comparative trials.
2015, Gianluca Nazzaro et al., “Cheilitis granulomatosa associated with lupus erythematosus discoid and treated with methotrexate: report of a case*”, in Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, volume 90, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
- Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
- Englishpoly-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
- Ancient Greekαἰτῐ́ᾱ (aitĭ́ā)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Ancient Greekαἰτῐολογῐ́ᾱ (aitĭologĭ́ā)
- Latinaetiologia
- Englishetiology
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishetiological
- Englishpolyetiological
From poly- + etiological.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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