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Definition: Multifactorial |
MultifactorialAdjective1. Involving or depending on several factors or causes (especially pertaining to a condition or disease resulting from the interaction of many genes). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Multifactorial |
| Specialty definitions using "multifactorial": Ovarian Failure, Premature. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The multifactorial nature of erectile dysfunction, comprising both organic and psychologic aspects, may often require a multidisciplinary approach to its assessment and treatment. (references) | |
With the defining of caries as a multifactorial, multistage process extending from infection to demineralization and cavitation, clear diagnostic and staging criteria as well as a clear understanding of risk and prognosis are needed to determine dental treatment options. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Multifactorial" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Multifactorial" is used about 34 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 34 | 59,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
herencia multifactorial | 12 |
inheritance multifactorial | 5 |
disease multifactorial | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "multifactorial"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | polymer arvegang (multifactorial cumulative heredity, multifactorial heredity, multifactorial inheritance), kronisk sygdom med en multifaktoriel genetisk komponent (chronic disease with a multifactorial genetic component). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | multifactoriele erfelijkheid (multifactorial heredity, multifactorial inheritance), multifactoriële ziekte (multifactorial disease), multifactoriële etiologie (multifactorial etiology), ziekte met meerdere oorzaken (multifactorial disease), chronische polygene ziekte (chronic disease with a multifactorial genetic component). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | maladie plurifactorielle (multifactorial disease), maladie multifactorielle (multifactorial disease), maladie chronique multifactorielle (chronic disease with a multifactorial genetic component), héridité multifactorielle (multifactorial heredity, multifactorial inheritance), hérédité polymérique (multifactorial cumulative heredity, multifactorial heredity, multifactorial inheritance), étiologie multifactorielle (multifactorial etiology, multiple causation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | multifaktorielle Ätiologie (multifactorial etiology), polymerer Erbgang (multifactorial cumulative heredity, multifactorial heredity, multifactorial inheritance), chronische,durch Multi-Gen-Schäden bedingte Krankheit (chronic disease with a multifactorial genetic component). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | πολυμερής κληρονομικότης (multifactorial heredity, multifactorial inheritance), πολυπαραγοντική ασθένεια (multifactorial disease), πολυπαραγοντική αιτιολογία (multifactorial etiology), χρόνια πολυαιτιακή πάθηση (chronic disease with a multifactorial genetic component). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | malattia multifattoriale (multifactorial disease), malattia cronica multifattoriale (chronic disease with a multifactorial genetic component), eziologia multifattoriale (multifactorial etiology), eredit polimerica (multifactorial heredity, multifactorial inheritance), eredit multifattoriale (multifactorial heredity, multifactorial inheritance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ultifactorialmay hereditariedade multifactorial (multifactorial cumulative heredity, multifactorial heredity), etiologia multifactorial (multifactorial etiology). (various references) herencia multifactorial (multifactorial heredity, multifactorial inheritance), enfermedad multifactorial (multifactorial disease), enfermedad crónica con un componente genético multifactorial (chronic disease with a multifactorial genetic component). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "multifactorial": multifactorially. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-f-i-i-l-l-m-o-r-t-t-u" | |
-3 letters: facilitator, multifactor, multiracial. | |
-4 letters: multifocal, ultramafic. | |
-5 letters: altricial, amaurotic, auctorial, automatic, factorial, formulaic, fumarolic, mutilator, tamarillo, traumatic, triatomic, trifolium. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-f-i-i-l-l-m-o-r-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: multifactorially. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01110101 01101100 01110100 01101001 01100110 01100001 01100011 01110100 01101111 01110010 01101001 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M u l t i f a c t o r i a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0075 006C 0074 0069 0066 0061 0063 0074 006F 0072 0069 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4787788675726769868184756778 |
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