multidisciplinary

Also mul·ti·dis·ci·plined

[muhl-tee-dis-uh-pluh-ner-ee, muhl-tahy-]

adjective

1. composed of or combining several usually separate branches of learning or fields of expertise.

   The journal's first article was a multidisciplinary study of the 18th century.

multidisciplinary

/ ˌmʌltɪˈdɪsɪˌplɪnərɪ /

adjective

1. of or relating to the study of one topic, involving several subject disciplines

Word History and Origins

Origin of multidisciplinary¹

First recorded in 1945–50; multi- ( def. ) + disciplinary ( def. )

Example Sentences

A few businesses are starting to, though, says Jodi Waterhouse, leader of the University of Anschutz Multidisciplinary Center on Aging.

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“The multidisciplinary and wide-ranging practice she began more than 70 years ago remains strikingly contemporary, as the boundaries between art, music and performance are, in her hands, challenged and reshaped, creating fresh emotional connection.”

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Surgeons like Dr Lakdawala now run multidisciplinary programmes where patients on weight-loss drugs are first guided by endocrinologists, nutritionists, and psychologists for three to six months.

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Bijou Karman is a fashion-obsessed multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, whose practice seamlessly integrates painting, illustration and graphic design.

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Veni spent years running NCKRI’s annual sinkhole conference, a multidisciplinary examination of the engineering and environmental impacts of karst, a type of terrain formed over thousands of years from the chemical process of rain collecting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as it falls.

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Related Words

• integrative 
• interdisciplinary