multifactorial (redirected from multifactorial etiology)

multifactorial /mul·ti·fac·to·ri·al/ (mul?te-fak-tor´e-al)

1. of or pertaining to, or arising through the action of many factors.

2. in genetics, arising as the result of the interaction of several genes and usually, to some extent, of nongenetic factors.

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multifactorial,

adj related to or produced by a number of elements or causes.

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multifactorial

1. of or pertaining to, or arising through the action of, many factors.

2. in genetics, arising as a result of the interaction of several genes, i.e. polygenic.

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multifactorial etiology

see multiple causation.

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multifactorial adjective Referring to the influence of multiple factors in the etiology of a particular disease–eg, DM, HTN–attributable to genetic and environmental components