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  • adjective Involving multiple organs of the body.

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multi- +‎ organ

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Examples

  • The latest termination recommendation was based upon the committee's observation of a greater frequency of overall mortality and multiorgan dysfunction in vaccine recipients, as well as V710 being unlikely to demonstrate a statistically significant clinical benefit compared with a placebo.

    Merck Ends Vaccine Study Over Safety Concerns Melodie Warner 2011

  • The latest termination recommendation was based upon the committee's observation of a greater frequency of overall mortality and multiorgan dysfunction in vaccine recipients, as well as V710 being unlikely to demonstrate a statistically significant clinical benefit compared with a placebo.

    Merck Ends Vaccine Study Over Safety Concerns Melodie Warner 2011

  • While the extraordinary multiorgan benefits of sardines and wild salmon almost sound like a fantasy, they are very real.

    Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

  • In mice, if you remove all the regulatory T cells, what you see is a massive, multiorgan autoimmune disease.

    When The Body Attacks Itself 2007

  • In mice, if you remove all the regulatory T cells, what you see is a massive, multiorgan autoimmune disease.

    When the Body Attacks Itself 2007

  • The medical examiner also said Bechler died of multiorgan failure caused by heatstroke.

    USATODAY.com - Time for a change in world of sport, supplements 2003

  • And what she's experiencing, from what we're told, is swelling in her whole body, and that can, unfortunately, lead to multiorgan failure, and that's what they're trying to prevent from happening.

    CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2003 2003

  • We looked at the colored bars showing the number of multiorgan transplants and the success rate.

    The Lake House Patterson, James, 1947- 2003

  • (CAPS) is an episodic, diffuse thrombotic microangiopathy observed in less than 1% of patients with antiphospholipid antibodies and is characterized by vascular occlusions involving three or more organ systems. 1 Typically preceded by triggering events, such as infection, trauma, or surgery, CAPS culminates in multiorgan system failure and is fatal in half of those in whom it develops.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • AIRE protein, many tissue-specific self-antigens are not expressed in the thymus, and multiorgan autoimmunity develops because

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

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