Medical Dictionary

taxonomy

noun tax·on·o·my \tak-ˈsän-ə-mē\
plural tax·on·o·mies

Medical Definition of TAXONOMY

1
:  the study of the general principles of scientific classification :  systematics
2
:  orderly classification of plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships

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