Letter N

Nomenclature

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A system of names used in a particular discipline, as in medicine and surgery, anatomy and biochemistry, etc.

A standard system of nomenclature presupposes the existence of an organized classification of the entities within that field.

From the Latin nomenclatura, a listing of names, from nomen, name, + calo, to proclaim.

The USSR and other Communist countries used the term nomenklatura to refer to a system of government patronage.

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