etiotropic

etiotropic
Directed against the cause; denoting a remedy that attenuates or destroys the causal factor of a disease. [G. aitia, cause, + trope, a turning]

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eti·o·tro·pic (e″te-o-troґpik) [etio- + -tropic] directed against the cause of a disease.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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