different between decubitus vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin d?cubitus (“lying down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??kju?.b?t.?s/

Noun

decubitus (plural decubitus)

1. (medicine) The posture of someone in bed, lying down or reclining.
2. (pathology) Ellipsis of decubitus ulcer.

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References

• “decubitus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Latin

Etymology

From d?cumb? (“to lie down”) +? -tus (action noun suffix), on the pattern of words such as accubitus from accumb? (“to lay oneself down at, to recline at table”).

Pronunciation

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de?ku.bi.tus/, [d???ku?bit?us]

Noun

d?cubitus m (genitive d?cubit?s); fourth declension (New Latin)

1. Lying down.

Inflection

Fourth-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: decubitus

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

Derived terms

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