[syn: etiological, etiologic, aetiological, aetiologic]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Aetiological \Ae`ti*o*log"ic*al\, a.
   Pertaining to [ae]tiology; pertaining to the cause; assigning
   a cause. -- [AE]`ti*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
   [1913 Webster] etiology
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
aetiological
    adj 1: of or relating to the philosophical study of causation
           [syn: etiological, etiologic, aetiological,
           aetiologic]
    2: relating to the etiology of a disease; "etiological agent"
       [syn: etiological, etiologic, aetiological,
       aetiologic]