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(redirected from Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome)

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multiple
1. Electronics US and Canadian (of a circuit) having a number of conductors in parallel
2. Maths the product of a given number or polynomial and any other one

multiple [′məl·tə·pəl]
(electricity)
Group of terminals arranged to make a circuit or group of circuits accessible at a number of points at any one of which connection can be made.
To connect in parallel.
(computer science)
(mathematics)
The product of a number or quantity by an integer.
(metallurgy)
A piece of stock cut from bar for use in a forging which provides the exact length needed for a single workpiece.


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NIEHS grantee Michael Karin of the University of San Diego, California, and colleagues sought to elucidate the role of NF-[kappa]B in severe systemic inflammation and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS).
Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) was chosen as the indicator of hypoperfusion because it is generally accepted that early hypoperfusion is associated with later development of organ dysfunction.
Sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction syndromes are the main causes of death in the intensive care unit.
 
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