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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Involving, dependent on, or controlled by several factors.
- adjective Of, relating to, or caused by a pattern of familial inheritance resulting from multiple genetic or environmental factors or from a combination of both.
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- adjective Involving, or controlled by multiple
factors - adjective genetics, of a trait Involving multiple
genetic and/orenvironmental factors
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- adjective involving or depending on several factors or causes (especially pertaining to a condition or disease resulting from the interaction of many genes)
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Examples
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"Many of the preventive measures used to avoid falls in older people are combined in what are called multifactorial interventions, so it can be very difficult to separate out the effects of all the different measures," said lead researcher Ian Cameron, who is based at Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney in Ryde, Australia.
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"Many of the preventive measures used to avoid falls in older people are combined in what are called multifactorial interventions, so it can be very difficult to separate out the effects of all the different measures," said lead researcher Ian Cameron, who is based at Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney in Ryde, Australia.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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"Many of the preventive measures used to avoid falls in older people are combined in what are called multifactorial interventions, so it can be very difficult to separate out the effects of all the different measures," said lead researcher Ian Cameron, who is based at Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney in Ryde, Australia.
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The multifactorial nature of the HIV/AIDS epidemic makes it very difficult to extrapolate the results of a relatively small clinical trial to what might be experienced in a population wide prevention/treatment program.
Bruce A. Barron: Scientific Breakthroughs Bruce A. Barron 2012
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The multifactorial nature of the HIV/AIDS epidemic makes it very difficult to extrapolate the results of a relatively small clinical trial to what might be experienced in a population wide prevention/treatment program.
Bruce A. Barron: Scientific Breakthroughs Bruce A. Barron 2012
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"The field is coming around to the idea of the cause of Alzheimer's being multifactorial," and disturbed metal regulation could be one of those factors, says Ralph Nixon , chairman of the Alzheimer Association's medical and scientific advisory council and director of the Silberstein Alzheimer's Institute at New York University.
A New Target in Fighting Brain Disease: Metals Shirley S. Wang 2012
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Jim Wolfe#59 … multifactorial reasons … first and foremost, to deny Saddam the same control of the region that Iran is now looking for.
Think Progress » Chuck Todd: ‘The Tea Party gets a big benefit’ from Fox News’ promotion. 2010
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The multifactorial nature of the HIV/AIDS epidemic makes it very difficult to extrapolate the results of a relatively small clinical trial to what might be experienced in a population wide prevention/treatment program.
Bruce A. Barron: Scientific Breakthroughs Bruce A. Barron 2012
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Since it's multifactorial, it's important to fight all steps in the wrong direction whenever and wherever they arise.
Gary Lauder: Patently Absurd or: How to Go From the World's Best Patent System to Worse-Than-Most in a Single Step Gary Lauder 2011
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The multifactorial nature of the HIV/AIDS epidemic makes it very difficult to extrapolate the results of a relatively small clinical trial to what might be experienced in a population wide prevention/treatment program.
Bruce A. Barron: Scientific Breakthroughs Bruce A. Barron 2012
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