subclassify

[suhb-klas-uh-fahy]

verb (used with object)

subclassified, subclassifying 

1. to arrange in subclasses.

Other Word Forms

• subclassification noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of subclassify¹

First recorded in 1905–10; sub- + classify

Example Sentences

The reigning discipline in biology was taxonomy, an elaborate attempt to classify and subclassify all living things into distinct categories: Kingdoms, Phylae, Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, and Species.

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Through comprehensive molecular and integrative profiling, we identified novel genomic and proteomic characteristics that subclassify cervical cancers.

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