different between miasma vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

First attested in 1665. From Ancient Greek ?????? (míasma, “stain; pollution”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mi?æzm?/, /ma??æzm?/
• (US) enPR: m?-?z'm?, m?- ?z'm?, IPA^(key): /ma??æzm?/, /mi?æzm?/
• Rhymes: -æzm?
• Homophone: my asthma

Noun

miasma (plural miasmas or miasmata)

1. A noxious atmosphere or influence.
2. A noxious atmosphere or emanation once thought to originate from swamps and waste, and to cause disease.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:miasma.

Related terms

• miasmatic

Translations

Further reading

• miasma theory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• miasma (Greek mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Masami, imaams

Dutch

Etymology

First attested in 1778. Borrowed from New Latin miasma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (míasma, “stain, pollution”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mi??s.ma?/
• Hyphenation: mi?as?ma
• Rhymes: -?sma?

Noun

miasma n (plural miasmata or miasma's, diminutive miasmaatje n)

1. miasma (noxious atmosphere or influence)
2. (medicine, historical) miasma (emanation from rotting organic matter causing diseases)

Derived terms

• miasmatisch

References

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (míasma, “stain, pollution”).

Noun

miasma m (plural miasmi)

1. miasma

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin miasma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (míasma, “pollution”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.?az.m?/, /?mjaz.m?/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mi.?a?.m?/, /?mja?.m?/

Noun

miasma m (plural miasmas)

1. miasma (noxious atmosphere or influence)
2. (medicine, historical) miasma (noxious emanation from swamps that was thought to cause diseases)

Related terms

• miasmático

Spanish

Noun

miasma m (plural miasmas)

1. miasma

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

Translations