TAXIS


Meaning of TAXIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtak-səs ]

noun

( plural tax·es -ˌsēz)

Etymology: Greek, literally, arrangement, order, from tassein to arrange

Date: 1899

1. : reflex translational or orientational movement by a freely motile and usually simple organism in relation to a source of stimulation (as a light or a temperature or chemical gradient)

2. : a reflex reaction involving a taxis

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