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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.