Both "etiology" and "pathogenesis" is possible, but etiology is much more commonly used in Psychology... pathogenesis relates more to the biological basis of disease.


**Etiology:

http://www.google.com.hk/search?hl=en&q=define: etiology&met...
Definitions of etiology on the Web:
• the cause or origin of disease.
ccnt.hsc.usc.edu/glossary/
• The study of what causes a disease; also the cause or causes of a certain disease.
aspin.asu.edu/geneinfo/glos-e.htm
• The study of the causes of abnormal condition or disease.
www.i-bio.gov.uk/UkBioportal/Beginners/html/glossary.html
• The study or theory of the factors that cause disease.
www.amfar.org/cgi-bin/iowa/bridge.html
• The study of the cause of a disease.
arabinfo.org/montogomery/Terms.htm



**Pathogenesis:

http://www.google.com.hk/search?hl=en&q=define: pathogenesis...

Definitions of pathogenesis on the Web:
• The production of damage (pathology) in a tissue.
bse.airtime.co.uk/defb.htm
• The origin and development of disease. More specifically, it's the way a microbe (bacteria, virus, etc.) causes disease in its host.
www.sabin.org/vaccine_science_GlossaryO_P.htm
• Process of development of a disease.
www.spondylitis.org/patient_resources/glossary.aspx
• the development of disease; specifically the cellular events and reactions and mechanisms occurring in the development of disease.
www.uwo.ca/pathol/glossary.html
• That portion of the life cycle of a pathogen during which it becomes, and continues to be, associated with its suscept. (20)
ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary/Defs_P.htm
• the origin of disease.
www.lsdn.com/glance_glossary.shtml


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