Meaning

1 senses
  1. A cause for an effect in a system that is not a constituent of that system, especially causes of personal health problems or death, such as poison, weapon wounds, or accident.

Forms

plural: external causes
Singularexternal cause
Pluralexternal causes

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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