MODS stands for

• A. Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
• B. Massive Organ Degeneration Syndrome
• C. Multisystem Organ Disorder Syndrome
• D. Metabolic Overload and Degeneration Syndrome

Answer: (A)

In this context, the focus is on how clinicians name a situation where several organs stop working adequately after a severe injury or illness. The correct term, used widely in critical care and research, is Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome. It captures the idea that more than one organ system becomes impaired, often in a cascading way, due to systemic inflammation, poor perfusion, and cellular injury that follows a major insult.

The other terms aren’t standard clinical descriptors for this condition. They imply different ideas—structural degeneration, a generic “disorder” of multiple systems, or a metabolic overload—that don’t reflect the established concept of progressive organ failure from a severe systemic process.