multifactorial

multifactorial
/mul'tee fak tawr"ee euhl, -tohr"-, mul'tuy-/, adj.
having or stemming from a number of different causes or influences: Some medical researchers regard cancer as a multifactorial disease.
[1915-20; MULTI- + FACTOR + -IAL]

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