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MULTIFACTORIAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does multifactorial mean?
• MULTIFACTORIAL (adjective)
The adjective MULTIFACTORIAL has 1 sense:
1. involving or depending on several factors or causes (especially pertaining to a condition or disease resulting from the interaction of many genes)
Familiarity information: MULTIFACTORIAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Involving or depending on several factors or causes (especially pertaining to a condition or disease resulting from the interaction of many genes)
Similar:
complex (complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts)
Context examples
Autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, X-linked dominant, X-linked recessive, multifactorial, and mitochondrial inheritance are examples.
(Inheritance Mode, NCI Dictionary)
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