Definition of Rheotropism

1. Noun. (biology) movement stimulated by a current of water ¹

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Medical Definition of Rheotropism

1. A movement contrary to the motion of a current, involving part of an organism, rather than the organism as a whole, as in rheotaxis. Origin: rheo-+ G. Tropos, a turning (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rheotropism

rheoplethysmographs
rheoscope
rheoscopes
rheostasis
rheostat
rheostatic
rheostats
rheostosis
rheotaxes
rheotaxis
rheotome
rheotomes
rheotrope
rheotropes
rheotropic
rheotropism (current term)
rhestocythemia
rhesus
rhesus disease
rhesus factor
rhesus incompatibility
rhesus macaque
rhesus macaques
rhesus monkey
rhesus monkeys
rhesuses
rhetic
rhetizite
rhetor
rhetoric

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