As nouns the difference between taxonomy and coma
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while coma is a state of sleep from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma or coma can be (astronomy) a cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
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
coma
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Noun
(
en noun)
A state of sleep from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
Related terms
* comatose
See also
* persistent vegetative state
* brain death
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
Noun
(comae)
(astronomy) A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
(optics) A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that should be points.
(botany) A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
Anagrams
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