classification

classification definition - medical

clas·si·fi·ca·tion (klăsˌə-fĭ-kāˈshən)

noun
  1. A systematic arrangement into classes or groups.
  2. The systematic grouping of organisms into categories on the basis of evolutionary or structural relationships between them; taxonomy.

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