| causal | Pertaining to a cause, directed against a cause. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| causal additivity | The relationship between two or more causal components such that their combined effect is the algebraic sum of their individual effects. (05 Mar 2000) |
| causal independence | The state of systems that share no causes or effects. (05 Mar 2000) |
| causal treatment | Treatment aimed at reversing the causal factor in a disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| causalgia | <neurology> Persistent severe burning of the skin usually following direct or indirect trauma to a sensory nerve, accompanied by cutaneus changes. (16 Mar 1998) |
| causality | The relating of causes to the effects they produce. Causes are termed necessary when they must always precede an effect and sufficient when they initiate or produce an effect. Any of several factors may be associated with the potential disease causation or outcome, including predisposing factors, enabling factors, precipitating factors, reinforcing factors, and risk factors. (12 Dec 1998) |