different between taxol vs taxon
taxol
English
Etymology
Named by the researchers who isolated it from the bark of the Pacific yew in 1967, Monroe E. Wall and Mansukh C. Wani, from the scientific Latin term Taxus (a genus name).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tæks?l/
Noun
taxol (plural taxols)
- (chemistry, pharmacology) A taxane, C47H51NO14, used to treat cancer; Taxol.
- 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001), page 20:
- The powerful anti-cancer drug taxol is extracted from the leaves of the yew tree.
- 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001), page 20:
taxol From the web:
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taxon
English
Etymology
Back-formation from taxonomy.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?tæks?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?tæks??n/
Noun
taxon (plural taxa or taxons)
- (taxonomy) A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- taxon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Axton
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French taxon.
Noun
taxon m (plural taxoni)
- (taxonomy) taxon
Declension
Spanish
Noun
taxon m (plural táxones)
- Alternative form of taxón
taxon From the web:
- taxonomy meaning
- what taxon includes the most specific characteristics
- what taxonomic order are humans in
- what taxonomic level is most inclusive
- what taxon includes animals with backbones
- what taxon is essentially equivalent to the embryophytes
- taxonomic meaning
- what taxon means
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