different between preeclampsia vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• pre-eclampsia, preëclampsia

Etymology

From pre- +? eclampsia.

Noun

preeclampsia (usually uncountable, plural preeclampsias)

1. (pathology) A complication of pregnancy, affecting about 2-20% of women, depending on location, characterized by hypertension and damage to the linings of the blood vessels of the brain, liver, lungs and kidneys, which can lead to multiple organ failure, convulsions, coma and death. The only cure is delivery of the child.

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Italian

Alternative forms

• pre-eclampsia

Noun

preeclampsia f (plural preeclampsie)

1. (pathology) preeclampsia

Related terms

• eclampsia

Spanish

Etymology

pre- +? eclampsia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?ee?klambsja/, [p?e.e?klãm.bsja]
• Hyphenation: pre?e?clam?psia

Noun

preeclampsia f (plural preeclampsias)

1. (pathology) preeclampsia

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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