multiphasic

adjective

mul·​ti·​pha·​sic ˌməl-tē-ˈfā-zik 

-ˌtī-

: having more than one phase or component

… a total of 22 participants (8 patients and 14 control subjects) had a history of peptic ulcer disease before their initial multiphasic health checkup, although the sites of the ulcers were not ascertained.

—Julie Parsonnet et al.

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

Multiphasic

see minnesota multiphasic personality inventory