Taxonomy vs Clubfoot - What's the difference?
taxonomy | clubfoot |
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.
(medicine) A congenital deformity of the foot in which the ankle, heel and toes are twisted.
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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and clubfoot
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while clubfoot is (medicine) a congenital deformity of the foot in which the ankle, heel and toes are twisted.taxonomy
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(wikipedia taxonomy)Noun
(taxonomies)Synonyms
* alpha taxonomyDerived terms
* folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomySee 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 * ontologyclubfoot
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Alternative forms
* club foot, club-footNoun
(clubfeet)- At his lower extremities, he exhibited the deformity which is popularly known as "a club-foot ." But he carried his lameness, as he carried his years, gayly.
- He stood still as much as he could, with his club-foot behind the other, so that it should not attract notice.
Finding Inspiration in a Doctor’s Legacy," New York Times (retrieved 17 May 2014):
- The cure developed by Dr. Ponseti in the 1950s relies on physical manipulation. In each step of the treatment, a child’s clubfoot is stretched and turned slightly outward, and a hip-to-foot plaster cast, like the ones shown in the photograph, is then applied.
