disability adjusted life year

A form of disability-adjusted life year — A measure of overall disease burden, expressed as the number of years lost due to ill-health, disability or early death.

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Meanings

noundisability adjusted life year (plural disability adjusted life years)

plural disability adjusted life years

  1. alternativeAlternative form of disability-adjusted life year.
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