Speakur

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disability-adjusted life year

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
dis-abil-i-ty-ad-just-ed life year
IPA
47
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
7
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Inflected Forms

disability-adjusted life years (plural) disability adjusted life year (alternative)

Phrases

quality-adjusted life year quality of life

Frequently Paired Words

healthspan QALY quality-adjusted life year quality of life

Synonyms

DALY

Questions

What does disability-adjusted life year mean?
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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