What's the difference between classification and nomenclature?
Classification
Definition:
(n.) The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities.
Example Sentences:
(1) The taxonomic relationship of strains H4-14 and 25a with previously described Xanthobacter strains was studied by numerical classification.
(2) 11 patients with a postoperative classification of stage D had additional external beam radiation to the pelvic and paraaortic lymph nodes with shielding of the implanted prostatic region.
(3) Thirteen patients had had a posterior dislocation with an associated fracture of the femoral head located either caudad or cephalad to the fovea centralis (Pipkin Type-I or Type-II injury), one had had a posterior dislocation with associated fractures of the femoral head and neck (Pipkin Type III), two had had a posterior dislocation with associated fractures of the femoral head and the acetabular rim (Pipkin Type IV), and three had had a fracture-dislocation that we could not categorize according to the Pipkin classification.
(4) Thus obtained body shape variables were used in discriminant analysis in order to obtain unbiased classification probabilities of individuals having the MBS or being normal.
(5) Although this operational classification does not produce etiologically homogeneous groups, it is believed to have pragmatic utility with respect to planning targeted surveillance and management strategies.
(6) The evaluation of the data of unknown test persons of a pilot study in 96% resulted in a correct classification in patients with heart and circulatory diseases or persons with healthy heart and circulation, the classification in the above mentioned groups of diagnosis was performed on an average to 57%.
(7) All smooth strains of Brucella bear two lipopolysaccharide (LPS) antigens in a ratio that defines the classification of strains in serovars, A (A greater than M), M (M greater than A) and A.M (A = M).
(8) Classification into hazard categories depends on the overall strength of evidence that an agent may cause mutations in humans.
(9) In addition to a better understanding of pathogenic mechanisms associated with autoimmunity, the knowledge of these disease-predisposing genes is expected to permit a better classification of often complex syndromes as well as the design of new treatments.
(10) Combining data on cows with productive and salvaged outcomes as satisfactory outcome, and terminal as unsatisfactory outcome, total correct classification was 90.7% for the admission model and 93.2% for the surgical model.
(11) The diversity of the non-Hodgkin's groups, the continued evolution of histopathologic classifications, and the great frequency of advanced disease in the lymphocytic subgroups make the Ann Arbor classification of only limited value for the non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
(12) The interest of this view resides in the resulting general principle of classification and interpretation of all forms of disease, giving rise to an "existenialistic pathology".
(13) It allows the classification of patients by symptom profile and can demonstrate changes in that profile over time.
(14) The clinical YP classification was not supported by the present serologic findings.
(15) The technique was applied to the classification of MUAP's extracted from simulated myoelectric signals.
(16) Individual tests and batteries of tests should be standardized, employ positive controls, generate results capable of quantitative analyses that may make dichotomous classification as "positive" and "negative" obsolete, be interpreted in light of mechanisms of action, and be cost-effective on a grand scale.
(17) Problems of classification, host records, and host specificity are discussed.
(18) This is Part I of a study whose purpose is two-fold, that is, to arrive at a classification of diseases under investigation according to their responsiveness to acupuncture therapy, and to discuss and identify the most effective loci for the diseases investigated.
(19) The authors decided to keep in this series only hips presenting with a very considerable upward displacement of the femoral head of type IV in Crowe, Maini and Ranawat's classification.
(20) Results are discussed in relation to the time of treatment and the pathogenic agent involved, and a classification of the antibiotics into three groups is proposed: recommended; not advised; not sufficiently studied.
Nomenclature
Definition:
(n.) A name.
(n.) A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary.
(n.) The technical names used in any particular branch of science or art, or by any school or individual; as, the nomenclature of botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature of Lavoisier and his associates.
Example Sentences:
(1) Gangliosides are identified according to the nomenclature of Svennerholm (1963).
(2) [The EC number of the toxin (EC 3.1.4.41) has been allotted by the Nomenclature Committee of IUB, but has not yet been published.]
(3) These properties allow PP-X and PP-Y to be classified as type-2A enzymes according to the nomenclature of Cohen.
(4) The terminology of the pericardial sinuses and recesses has been inconsistent, and the authors propose a nomenclature for standardizing the names of the recesses of the serous pericardium.
(5) Three hundred and sixty-nine chromosome breaks could be exactly localized to a chromosome band or region of the Paris Conference nomenclature.
(6) Polyps were detected ultrasonographically, but one third of them were overlooked by either cholecystography or CT. Nomenclature, pathological classification and management of the lesions are discussed.
(7) The characterization of inhibition mechanisms by graphical methods is examined, and a system of nomenclature is suggested.
(8) Identification of attribute sets for the nature-of-injury (body region:detailed part:type of injury) and for the mode-of-injury (mechanism:agent:activity:intent:setting) allows the assembly of a clear, concise, easily usable, nad extensible format for representing the appropriate level of detail for nomenclature or classification.
(9) Illustrated by data derived from the endocrine system it could be demonstrated that at least the following requirements have to be fulfilled when using historical control data for the interpretation of animal studies: The main and basic requirement is the utilization of standardized diagnostic criteria and a systematized nomenclature for all data which should be compared.
(10) A standard genetic map gives distance from pter in centimorgans (cM), uses the international nomenclature for assigned loci, is sex-specific, and allows as well as possible for interference and typing errors.
(11) The Problem-Oriented Record (POR) does not have a standardized nomenclature or criteria; and the Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) approach was organized mainly for fiscal goals.
(12) Because of the similarities, and because of the uniform nomenclature for human T-cell leukemia (lymphotropic) viruses adopted at the first Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on HTLV (19, 79), this newly discovered virus associated with AIDS as HTLV-III was named HTLV-III.
(13) It is still difficult to apply for material reasons such as the small number of physiotherapists and the lack of inscription in the Social Security nomenclature.
(14) For many years the classification and nomenclature of these organisms have been confused, but recent studies have clarified the situation considerably.
(15) These data and alpha interferon nomenclature are summarized in table form.
(16) In this note is recommended a unified nomenclature for allotypes and variants of human complement factor B, which was approved by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS).
(17) The definition and classification of the anatomical structures and divisions are in agreement with the standard textbooks of anatomy, and the nomenclature is that of the Nomina Anatomica of 1965.
(18) These results suggest that problem nomenclature should include DSM-III diagnoses.
(19) Conventions for nomenclature of structural elements and a standard secondary structure representation for group I introns have been established by workers in the field.
(20) A 56-component isocratic method for the study of the kynurenine system in Huntington's Disease (HD) is presented as an indication of the analytical definitions and nomenclature used to qualify an n-ELC procedure, and an indication of the implications of multiparameter data bases on data handling and experimental design.