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🦠 In many areas 👓 With many focus points
multifocal

multifocal

1 6.3
Present in several different places in the body
  • adjective
  • /ˌmʌltiˈfoʊkəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : multifocal
  • The doctor explained that her condition was multifocal, affecting several areas of her body.
  • multifocal disease
  • patients with multifocal

It's a kind of multifocal civil war between different tribes and families and different drugs, militias or land owners.

Examples

  • Histopathologic examination showed marked thickening of the pleura, composed of multifocal proliferation of numerous dilated irregular spaces and channels.

    Academic text (2007)

  • This is a child who has bilateral multifocal retinoblastoma.

  • Angiosarcoma may also present as multifocal disease, whether it is clinically obvious or not.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The most common extracutaneous location is bone and is involved in more than 50% of cases of multifocal myofibromatosis.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Patients with multifocal metastatic bone disease that is refractory to routine treatments may benefit.

    Academic text (2007)

  • It is considered to be reliable diagnostic imaging, particularly for patients with multifocal parenchymal disease.

    Academic text (2016)

  • On August 6, Mattie was officially diagnosed with multifocal synchronous osteosarcoma.

    Blog text (16)

  • Paloyan et al. advocated a subtotal parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism because the disease is multifocal.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Multiple pulmonary nodules are distinguished from multifocal patchy opacities in the same way a solitary nodule is distinguished from a regional consolidation.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Multifocal lymphocytic and eosinophilic bronchiolitis, along with widened interlobular pulmonary septa, were observed in lung sections infected with D. viviparus.

    Academic text (2014)

Synonyms

multicentric
vsmultifocal
  • Specialized
7.2

Happening in several different places

is used especially for occurrences in medical contexts rather than all fields
multilocus
vsmultifocal
  • Specialized
8.3

Involving more than one place, for example different areas in a study

focuses on separate origins particularly within medical situations rather than broadly
multisite
vsmultifocal
  • Specialized
4.9

A research study that takes place in more than one place to include more people

refers to occurrences originating from several centers, not limited to research use

Compounds

multifocal IOL
  • Specialized
6.7

A man-made lens put inside the eye that helps you see near and far

multifocal lens implant
  • Specialized
6.3

An artificial device put in the eye that helps you see near and far without glasses

How Many Sites

to diffuse
40 5.5
multifocal
  • Specialized
1 6.3
focal
52 6.0

Surface Forms

multifocal positive

Morphology

multifocal = focal (transparent) = multi + focus + al

The adjective 'multifocal' is a regular prefixation of 'focal'; the medical sense still follows the literal idea of multiple centers.

Etymology

Multifocal comes from multi- meaning 'many' and focal from focus meaning 'center' or 'place'. So in medicine multifocal describes something that is in or comes from many 'centers' or areas of the body.