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multifactorial
[ muhl-tee-fak-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-, muhl-tahy- ]
/ ˌmʌl ti fækˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌmʌl taɪ- /
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adjective
having or stemming from a number of different causes or influences: Some medical researchers regard cancer as a multifactorial disease.
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OTHER WORDS FROM multifactorial
mul·ti·fac·to·ri·al·ly, adverbWords nearby multifactorial
multidentate, multidirectional, multidisciplinary, multiethnic, multifaceted, multifactorial, multifactorial inheritance, multifamily, multifarious, multifid, multifidus
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How to use multifactorial in a sentence
Instead, experts now acknowledge that elite performance is a “multifactorial” phenomenon — meaning that it’s somewhere between extremely complicated and completely unknowable.
Prevailing views that people are personally responsible for their weight, despite ample scientific evidence of the complex and multifactorial causes of obesity, are one reason why weight stigma persists.
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British Dictionary definitions for multifactorial
multifactorial
/ (ˌmʌltɪfækˈtɔːrɪəl) /
adjective
genetics of or designating inheritance that depends on more than one gene
involving or including a number of elements or factors
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