Some common chronic diseases are multifactorial disorders. Examples of multifactorial inheritance include: 1  heart disease, 2  high blood pressure, 3  Alzheimer's disease, 4  arthritis, 5  diabetes, 6  cancer, and. 7  obesity.
Definition of subtitle for English Language Learners. : 1  words that appear on the screen during a movie, video, or television show and that are translations of what the actors are saying. : 2  a title that comes after the main title of a book and that often gives more information about the contents of the book.
By Richard Nordquist. Definition: A group of words made up of a subject and a predicate. A main clause (unlike a dependent or subordinate clause) can stand alone as a sentence. A main clause is also known as an independent clause or a superordinate clause. Two or more main clauses can be joined with a coordinating conjunction (such as and) to create a compound sentence. See Examples and Observations, below. Also see: 1  Clausal Coordination. 2  Clause. 3  Embedding. 4  Main Verb. 5  Matrix Clause.