Meaning & use
multifactorial
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Resulting from or involving many different factors acting together, especially in the cause of a disease or trait.
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Type 2 diabetes is considered a multifactorial disease shaped by genetics, diet, and lifestyle.
The researchers used multifactorial analysis to separate the influence of income, education, and location.
A note on using this word
Common in medicine and statistics, where it signals that a single cause cannot fully explain an outcome.
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multicausal
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