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mul·ti-or·gan | \ -ˈȯr-gən \
variants:
or multiorgan
Medical Definition of multi-organ
: of, involving, or affecting more than one organ
I perform pediatric multi-organ transplants, operations that are rare and expensive.— Thomas Fishbein, The Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2008 … a disorder resulting from decreased cholesterol biosynthesis that causes devastating multiorgan failure.— Sarah de Ferranti et al., The New England Journal of Medicine, 25 Sept. 2008
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