0 past simple and past participle of cause
1 to make something happen, especially something bad:
Some types of paint on toys can cause lead-poisoning in children.
The bomb was designed to cause the maximum amount of damage.
Smoking can cause respiratory diseases.
The authors suggest that this could have resulted from relative motion between ossified bone and surrounding soft tissue, caused by radiation force on the bone.
A doctor told him that this condition was caused by excess consumption of roasted and fried food.
However, there are some things that are difficult to explain if we wish to argue that garlic caused this outbreak.