Scientific vs Hepaticology - What's the difference?
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Of, or having to do with science.
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Having the quality of being derived from, or consistent with, the scientific method.
In accord with procedures, methods, conduct and accepted conventions of modern science.
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The scientific study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta).
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As an adjective scientific
is of, or having to do with science.As a noun hepaticology is
the scientific study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta).scientific
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Alternative forms
* scientifickAdjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.}}
Scientific. Dictionary.com. May 22, 2011
Derived terms
* pseudoscientific * scientifical * scientific method * scientificnessSee also
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hepaticology
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Noun
(-)- Hepaticology , outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.