different between prolapsus vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prolapsus (“collapsed”), perfect passive participle of pr?l?bor.

Noun

prolapsus (countable and uncountable, plural prolapsi or prolapsuses)

1. (medicine) prolapse

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pro?lapsus/

Verb

prolapsus

1. conditional of prolapsi

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of pr?l?bor.

Participle

pr?l?psus (feminine pr?l?psa, neuter pr?l?psum); first/second-declension participle

1. collapsed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

• prolapsus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prolapsus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prolapsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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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