disability-adjusted life year

health indicator combining severity and duration of disease and loss of life. Can be measured as numbers of healthy years lost in a population, or as rate divided by person-time lived.

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• British English

  /ˌdɪsəˈbɪləˌtɪ - əˈd͡ʒʌstɪd ˈlaɪf jɜː/Open converter

• American English

  /ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪti - əˈd͡ʒʌstɪd ˈlaɪf ˈjɪɹ/Open converter

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