Owing to melatonin's antioxidant properties, the use of melatonin for the prevention of postoperative pericardial adhesion formation has been investigated. Twelve dogs received pericardial abrasions to promote adhesion and were randomized to receive either melatonin 10 mg/kg plus ethanol 5% in 10 mL sodium chloride or 10 mL sodium chloride dilution with ethanol 5%.
Definition of multifactorial. 1  1 : having characters or a mode of inheritance dependent on a number of genes at different loci. 2  2 or multifactorplay \-Ëfak-tÉr\ : having, involving, or produced by a variety of elements or causes.
contemporary, contemporaneous, coeval, synchronous, simultaneous, coincident mean existing or occurring at the same time. contemporary is likely to apply to people and what relates to them. Abraham Lincoln was contemporary with Charles Darwin; contemporaneous is more often applied to events than to people.