multifocal

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multifocal

(ˌmʌltɪˈfəʊkəl)
adj
1. (General Physics) having a range of focal lengths
2. (Pathology) (of a disease) affecting more than one part of the body or of an organ
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mul·ti·fo·cal

a. multifocal, rel. a más de un foco.
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multifocal

adj multifocal
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Explaining the system's features, the Dallmeier website says: "With the Panomera multifocal sensor system, a huge area can be monitored from a single location extremely efficiently.
Multifocal papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) may present as microcarcinoma (<1.0 cm) or larger tumors in two or more individual locations within the thyroid gland.
The JC virus is a ubiquitous polyomavirus infecting 50-80% of humans, known because it causes progressive multifocal encephalopathy (PML) in patients with AIDS and other immunosuppressed patients [1].
Pulmonary GCTs, like their extrapulmonary counterparts, can rarely be multifocal and have been reported to be associated with genetic mutations in PTPN11 as part of LEOPARD syndrome [2, 7].
The disease is characterized by infectious etiology and overlapping clinical features in an intermediary form of acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy and serpiginous choroiditis.
This single group cohort study, undertaken at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from Jan 2012 to September 2013, assessed patients' satisfaction, spectacle independence and visual disturbance after implantation of multifocal IOLs.
Based on the radiographic findings a diagnosis of chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) was made.
M2 PHARMA-March 3, 2016-Deep Optics Raises USD 4m; Will Fund Multifocal Glasses Development
The company offers products such as multifocal lens for presbyope market and myopia progression control lens.
DIAGNOSIS: Multifocal atrial tachycardia; right bundle branch block.
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