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causal agent — noun any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results • Syn: ↑cause, ↑causal agency • Derivationally related forms: ↑causal (for: ↑cause), ↑cause (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
causal agent — a factor associated with the definitive onset of an illness (or other response, including an accident). Examples are bacteria and trauma. The relationship is more direct than in the case of a risk factor; in general, the ill health only occurs if … The new mediacal dictionary
causal agent or organism — Any organism or chemical that induces a given disease; a causative agent … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
causal agency — noun any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results • Syn: ↑causal agent, ↑cause • Derivationally related forms: ↑causal (for: ↑cause), ↑cause (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
causal — adjective Date: circa 1530 1. expressing or indicating cause ; causative < a causal clause introduced by since > 2. of, relating to, or constituting a cause < the causal agent of a disease > 3. involving causation or a cause < the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
causal — causal, ale, als ou aux [ kozal, o ] adj. • 1565; cauzal XIIIe « raison, motif »; lat. imp. causalis ♦ Qui concerne la cause, lui appartient, ou la constitue (⇒ causatif). Lien causal. Loi causale. Des enchaînements causals ou causaux. ♢ … Encyclopédie Universelle
Фактор Причинный (Causal Agent) — фактор, сопровождающий начало заболевания (или какого либо другого события, в том числе случайного). Примерами причинных факторов могут служить бактерии, травматические повреждения и вредные для здоровья факторы. Между причинным фактором и… … Медицинские термины
causal theory of knowledge/justification — The view that an agent knows that something is so when there is some appropriate causal connection between the fact that it is so, and the agent s belief. The clearest example is direct perception, where the fact that there is a chair in the room … Philosophy dictionary
Agent Orange — thumb|right|250px|A UH 1D helicopter from the336th Aviation Company sprays a defoliation agent on a dense jungle area in the Mekong Delta. 07/26/1969/National Archives photograph. Agent Orange is the code name for a powerful herbicide and… … Wikipedia
Corps causal — En ésotérisme occidental, le corps causal est censé être un corps suprasensible ou subtil, qui recueillant les fruits karmiques d une existence, en conserve comme une quintessence laquelle sera la cause déterminant les forces disponibles dans l… … Wikipédia en Français
