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Taxonomy vs Comorbid - What's the difference?

taxonomy | comorbid |

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As an adjective comorbid is

(medicine|of a disease or symptom) that occurs at the same time as another.

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

    comorbid

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (medicine, of a disease or symptom) That occurs at the same time as another
  • * {{quote-book
  • , passage=Research shows that depression is often comorbid with other psychiatric and physical illnesses citation , title=Healthy People 2000 , year=2000}}
  • * {{quote-book
  • , passage=They found that PTSD (50,3% men, 36.5% women), alcohol dependence (60.5% men, 8.1% women) and comorbid alcohol dependence and PTSD (69.6% men, 11.7% women) were common. , url=http://books.google.com/books?id=2SXuXnlz3PgC&pg=PA151&dq=comorbid&lr=&as_brr=1&ei=FZX5SrflN4XgyAT_kJjlDg
  • v=onepage&q=comorbid&f=false
  • , title=Mental Health Atlas 2005 , year=2005 }}