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multifactorial
Involving several different factors or elements.
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multifactorial
In medicine, referring to multiple factors in heredity or disease: for example, traits and condition that are caused by more than one gene occurring together are multifactorial, and diseases that are caused by more than one interacting factor.
Heredity and diet in diabetes are multifactorial.
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multifactorial inheritance
A hereditary pattern seen when more than one genetic factor is involved in the causation of a condition.
Many common traits and many common diseases are inherited in a multifactorial manner.
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