different between tricuspid vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

tri- +? cuspid

Adjective

tricuspid (not comparable)

1. (dentistry) Having three cusps, e.g. a molar tooth
2. (anatomy) Describing the valve, between the right atrium and ventricle of the heart, that has three triangular segments

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Noun

tricuspid (plural tricuspids)

1. A molar tooth that has three cusps

Anagrams

• prudistic

Romanian

Etymology

From French tricuspide

Adjective

tricuspid m or n (feminine singular tricuspid?, masculine plural tricuspizi, feminine and neuter plural tricuspide)

1. tricuspid

Declension

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

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