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synonymy

noun
syn路​on路​y路​my | \ s蓹-藞n盲-n蓹-m膿 How to pronounce synonymy (audio) \
plural synonymies

Definition of synonymy

1a : a list or collection of synonyms often defined and discriminated from each other
b : the study or discrimination of synonyms
2 : the scientific names that have been used to designate the same taxonomic group (such as a species) also : a list of these
3 : the quality or state of being synonymous

First Known Use of synonymy

1683, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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synonymy

noun
syn路​on路​y路​my | \ -m膿 How to pronounce synonymy (audio) \
plural synonymies

Medical Definition of synonymy

: the scientific names that have been used in different publications to designate a taxonomic group (as a species) also : a list of these

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