multifactorial inheritance


noun Genetics.

Origin of multifactorial inheritance

First recorded in 1955–60

Words nearby multifactorial inheritance

Medical definitions for multifactorial inheritance

multifactorial inheritance
[ mŭl′tĭ-făk-tôrē-əl ]

n.

Inheritance involving many factors, of which at least one is genetic but none is of overwhelming importance, as in the causation of a disease by multiple genetic and environmental factors.