multidisciplinary
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of multidisciplinary
First recorded in 1945–50; multi- ( def. ) + disciplinary ( def. )
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What caused the early-morning crash is unclear, Bender said, and investigators with the CHP’s Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team, or MAIT, have been called to investigate the crash.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025
Still, a few businesses are starting to do that, says Jodi Waterhouse, leader of the Multidisciplinary Center on Aging at the University of Colorado Anschutz.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025
It was a brutal result for Lykos Therapeutics, the for-profit biopharmaceutical offshoot of the world’s leading psychedelic research and advocacy organization, MAPS: the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.
From Slate • Aug. 14, 2024
Lykos is essentially a corporate spinoff of the nation’s leading psychedelic advocacy group, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, or MAPS, which funded the studies.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024
This will facilitate access to genetic diagnosis and gene-targeted therapies, which are now being provided at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center ALS/Motor Neuron Disease Multidisciplinary Clinic and Translational Research Program.
From Science Daily • Sep. 18, 2023
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