Lewis Short
causātĭo (noun F) : causa, II. C. (postclass.).
* A pretext, an excuse, apology, plea, Cod. Th. 3, 5, 2; Tert. ad Marc. 5, 20: aegri corporis,Gell. 20, 1, 30.
* A disease: rara,Pall. 1, 4, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary