vera causa

noun

The true or real cause of something.

OriginLatin vera →
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Meanings

noun
  1. The true or real cause of something.

    Max von Pettenkofer […] upheld a version of the miasmatic theory and denied the bacillus was the vera causa of cholera.

    1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 422

Origin

  1. Latinvera“true”
  2. Englishvera causa

From Latin vera (“true”) + causa (“cause”).

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