"disability-adjusted life year" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: disability-adjusted life years [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} disability-adjusted life year (plural disability-adjusted life years)
  1. (medicine) A measure of overall disease burden, expressed as the number of years lost due to ill-health, disability or early death. Wikipedia link: disability-adjusted life year Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: DALY [initialism] Related terms: QALY
    Sense id: en-disability-adjusted_life_year-en-noun-1rGxY-YW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: medicine, sciences

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