Definition of Chemotropism
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Chemotropism
1.
Growth or possibly bending of an organism in response to an external chemical gradient. Sometimes used in error when the terms chemotaxis or chemokinesis should have been used.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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