multifactoriallyadv.
/ˌmʌltɪfakˈtɔːrɪəli/, U.S. /ˌməltiˌfækˈtɔriəli/; see also multi- comb. form. Chiefly Biology and Medicine.
By a number of factors (esp. genes) or causes.
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multifactorially1954
1954 P. M. Sheppard in J. S. Huxley et al. Evol. as Process 212 (heading) The evolution of multifactorially controlled characters.
1973 Nature 22 June 433/1 The word genic is extended from its regular use to include multifactorially determined disorders.
1987 C. A. Clarke Human Genetics & Med. (ed. 3) iii. 16 Diseases are very often multifactorially controlled.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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