Usually means: Fundamental origin of a problem.
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  1. root cause: Collins English Dictionary
  2. root-cause: Wordnik
  3. root cause: Wiktionary
  4. Root Cause (Person of Interest), Root cause: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (root cause)

noun:  (idiomatic) An initiating cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.
verb:  (transitive) To identify the cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.

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