different between abirritation vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

abirritate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.??.??te?.?n?/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

abirritation (plural abirritations)

1. (medicine) A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; asthenia; atony.
2. (medicine) Decreased response to stimuli.

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References

Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940) Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, ?ISBN, page 6

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

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