different between psychostimulant vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

psycho- +? stimulant

Adjective

psychostimulant (comparative more psychostimulant, superlative most psychostimulant)

1. (pharmacology) Tending to increase mental alertness and awareness

   a psychostimulant effect

Translations

• Italian: psicostimolante (it)

Noun

psychostimulant (plural psychostimulants)

1. (pharmacology) A drug that acts to temporarily increase mental alertness or awareness

Translations

• Italian: psicostimolante (it)

Synonyms

• stimulant

See also

• psychostimulant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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