- trophotaxis
- troph·o·tax·is
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trophotaxis
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trophotaxis — n. [Gr. trophe, food; taxis, arrangement] A response to the stimulation of food; see telotaxis, klinotaxis … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
trophotaxis — SYN: trophotropism. [tropho + G. taxis, arrangement] * * * tro·pho·tax·is (tro″fo takґsis) [tropho + taxis] chemotaxis of an organism in response to nutritive material … Medical dictionary
trophotaxis — … Useful english dictionary
trophotropism — Chemotaxis of living cells in relation to nutritive material; it may be positive (toward nutritive material) or negative (away from nutritive material). SYN: trophotaxis. [tropho + G. trope, a turning] * * * tro·pho·tro·pism (tro″fo troґpiz … Medical dictionary
