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Taxonomy vs Anthelmintic - What's the difference?

taxonomy | anthelmintic |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and anthelmintic

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while anthelmintic is (medicine) a drug for the treatment of intestinal worm infestation, either by killing the worms or by causing them to be expelled from the body.

As an adjective anthelmintic is

(medicine) destructive to parasitic intestinal worms.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    anthelmintic

    English

    (wikipedia anthelmintic)

    Alternative forms

    * antihelminthic

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) Destructive to parasitic intestinal worms.
    • Research is progressing well on finding native plants with anthelmintic properties.
  • * 1911 , ,
    • The parasites thrive in an environment of dirt, and the main lines of precaution are those dictated by sanitary science. Malefern, santonine, thymol and other anthelmintic remedies are prescribed.
  • * 1918 , , Abstracts of Bacteriology , Volume 2, page 262,
    • However, the lighter boiling constituents of tne oil are much less irritating and at the same time they are apparently more anthelmintic than the heavier fraction.
  • * 1919 , Experiment Station Record , Volume 39, page 586,
    • Our experiments indicate that this constituent is anthelmintic' and also a gastrointestinal irritant, while the lighter portion of the oil is apparently even more ' anthelmintic and much less irritating.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A drug for the treatment of intestinal worm infestation, either by killing the worms or by causing them to be expelled from the body.
  • * 1911 , :
    • The bark of the root is likewise valued as an anthelmintic in cases of tape-worm.
  • * 2010 , Graham R. Duncanson, Veterinary Treatment for Working Equines , page 42:
    • Rather than give a long list of the anthelmintics available, I will describe the helminths that cause problems and then suggest methods of control.