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- adjective Involving multiple
factors .
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Examples
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The death was "multifactoral": due to the cut to his wrist, a toxic dose of drugs and heart disease.
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English and Australian courts currently tackle these methodological problems in subtly different ways - the former by deploying high-level, abstract principles and the latter through a lower-level 'multifactoral' approach.
Legal Theory Blog 2009
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Stroke incidence is a little more tricky, since strokes are multifactoral, but if clotting times are closer to normal, that's one less factor to worry about.
Seven Things To Know About Hormones - My Take aka TBTAM 2009
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Obesity is multifactoral, develops over time, and manifest differently among individuals.
Gary Taubes responds to George Bray | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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“Obesity is multifactoral,” Mr Dhurandhar told scientists at the conference.
New Vaccine May Stop People from Getting Fat | Impact Lab 2005
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The death of Mr. Jones should be understood as multifactoral.
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They did a fiberoptic probe of the President's vocal cords, confirmed that they had been overused mightily, and their diagnosis is the same one that Dr. Mariano made, that it's a combination of his air travel, overuse of his vocal cords, his reflux condition, which we reported to you in the past, and perhaps also his allergies -- a multifactoral diagnosis of overuse of his vocal cords, leading them to prescribe complete vocal rest.
Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry ITY National Archives 1996
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The development of an eating disorder is multifactoral, says Barbara Alderete, LCSW, LPC, LMFT, an eating disorder therapist at Texas Health Springwood Hospital.
WN.com - Articles related to Food addiction 101: What is food addiction? 2010
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The development of an eating disorder is multifactoral, says
WN.com - Articles related to Food addiction 101: What is food addiction? 2010
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The development of an eating disorder is multifactoral, says
WN.com - Articles related to When Mom Is Abused, Child's Obesity Risk May Rise 2010
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