Meaning & use

Multiphasic

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Having or involving several distinct phases or stages, especially in medical testing.

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The clinic offered a multiphasic health screening that checked for a dozen conditions in one visit.

Engineers designed a multiphasic cooling system with three separate stages of heat exchange.

A note on using this word

Widely known from the 'Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory' (MMPI), a psychological assessment tool.

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monophasic

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