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Definition of Taxis

1. Noun. A locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism.

2. Noun. The surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part.

Definition of Taxis

1. n. Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it.

2. n. In technical uses, as in architecture, biology, grammar, etc., arrangement; order; ordonnance.

Definition of Taxis

1. Noun. (biology) The movement of an organism in response to a stimulus. ¹

2. Noun. (medicine) The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after injury. ¹

3. Noun. (rhetoric) The arrangement of the parts of a topic. ¹

4. Noun. (plural of taxi) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Taxis

1. taxi [v] - See also: taxi

Medical Definition of Taxis

1. A response in which the direction of movement is affected by an environmental cue. Should be clearly distinguished from a kinesis. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taxis

taxidriver taxied taxies taxifare taxifares taxiing taximan taximen taximeter taximeters

taxine taxines taxing taxingly taxings taxis (current term) taxistand taxite taxites taxitic

taxiway taxiways taxless taxlike taxman taxmen taxo- taxodione taxodium taxodiums

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