Medical Term:
hierarchy
Pronunciation: hī′ĕr-ar-kē, hī-rar′kē
Definition:
- Any system of people or things ranked one above the other.
- In psychology and psychiatry, an organization of habits or concepts in which simpler components are combined to form increasingly complex integrations.
[G. hierarchia, rule or power of the high priest]
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