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multifactorial
[ muhl-tee-fak-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-, muhl-tahy- ]
adjective
- having or stemming from a number of different causes or influences:
Some medical researchers regard cancer as a multifactorial disease.
multifactorial
/ ˌʌɪæˈɔːɪə /
adjective
- genetics of or designating inheritance that depends on more than one gene
- involving or including a number of elements or factors
Other yvlog Forms
- ܱt·ڲ·ٴ۾·· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of multifactorial1
Example Sentences
“Declines in San Francisco and other declines nationwide are probably multifactorial, and it’s hard to pinpoint one cause.”
Research has led experts to unlock the multifactorial causes of obesity, including sociological and physiological determinants of health.
Muscle strength is a multifactorial trait influenced by lifestyle and environmental factors but also by numerous genetic variants, each with a very small effect on muscle strength.
“This could be a multifactorial presentation that we're seeing,” Lyons said.
“That just highlights the fact that autoimmunity is multifactorial, there's not a single cause or only a single way to get there,” Chang said.
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