different between iatrochemistry vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

iatro- +? chemistry

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /a??æt.?o??k?m.?.st?i/
• Hyphenation: ia?tro?che?mis?try

Noun

iatrochemistry (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, medicine) An early branch of chemistry, having roots in alchemy, that tried to provide chemical remedies to diseases; alternatively, the application of chemistry to medical theory.
   • 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 53)

     A parallel bid to read the body in terms of the new science came from iatrochemistry.

Related terms

• iatrochemist, iatrochemical

Translations

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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