different between metacarpal vs taxonomy

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)p?l

Adjective

metacarpal (not comparable)

1. Of the metacarpus.

Derived terms

• dorsometacarpal
• humerometacarpal
• midmetacarpal
• plesiometacarpal
• telemetacarpal

Translations

Noun

metacarpal (plural metacarpals or metacarpalia)

1. Any of the bones of the metacarpus

Synonyms

• metacarpal bone

Translations

See also

• bone

Portuguese

Etymology

metacarpo +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?m?.ta.ka?.?paw/

Noun

metacarpal m (plural metacarpais)

1. (anatomy) metacarpal (any bone of the metacarpus)

Holonyms

• metacarpo

Related terms

• carpal
• carpo
• palma

Adjective

metacarpal m or f (plural metacarpais, not comparable)

1. metacarpal (of the metacarpus)

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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