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multisystem

multisystem

1 5.4
Affecting more than one body system or several parts of a machine
  • adjective
  • /ˌmʌltiˈsɪstəm/
  • Specialized
: multisistema
  • Many patients go for years without knowing what is causing their bizarre, multisystem symptoms.

Examples

  • Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disorder of unknown etiology.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Therefore, if frailty describes a multisystem phenotype due to multiple physiologic dysregulation, sarcopenia is likely to be the muscular manifestation of that phenotype.

    Academic text (2017)

  • This ensured that she never saw that this was a complex, multisystem disease.

    Blog text (13)

  • Some patients experience multisystem effects, which can complicate their diagnosis.

  • The multisystem approach to treatment ensures that all aspects of the patient's health are considered.

  • Researchers are studying a multisystem condition that impacts various organs simultaneously.

Synonyms

intersystem
vsmultisystem
  • Specialized
1 7.2

Happening between two or more systems

is about affecting multiple systems rather than relations between them

Surface Forms

multisystem positive

Morphology

multisystem = system (transparent) = multi + system

The meaning is directly compositional: 'multi-' means many and 'system' refers to more than one system.

Etymology

Multisystem comes from multi- meaning 'many' and system meaning 'a set of parts that work together', like in the word multiple. So multisystem means it involves or affects 'many systems' at once.