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Definition of Thermotactic
1. a. Of or retaining to thermotaxis.
Definition of Thermotactic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Thermotactic
1. Thermotaxic Relating to thermotaxis. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thermotactic
Literary usage of Thermotactic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contributions to the Study of the Behavior of Lower Organisms by Herbert Spencer Jennings (1904)
"This is true merely because the thermotactic action is conceived to begin only
after the organism has, through the movements above described, gotten itself ..."
2. Contributions to the Study of the Behavior of Lower Organisms by Herbert Spencer Jennings (1904)
"This is true merely because the thermotactic action is conceived to begin only
after the organism has, through the movements above described, gotten itself ..."
3. Experimental Morphology by Charles Benedict Davenport (1897)
"MENDELSSOHN has found that the least difference of intensity at the ends of his
10 cm. long trough which will call forth a thermotactic response is 3° ..."
4. Experimental Morphology by Charles Benedict Davenport (1896)
"This is the minimal temperature-difference which acts as a stimulus to Paramecium
and calls forth a thermotactic response. Although this difference is small ..."
5. Experimental Morphology by Charles Benedict Davenport (1899)
"MENDELSSOHN has found that the least difference of intensity at the ends of his
10 cm. long trough which will call forth a thermotactic response is 3° C. ..."
6. The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1904)
"The thermotactic "movement is not direct, but irregularly wandering. It is,
however, in all probability due to differences in the intensity of ..."
7. General Physiology: An Outline of the Science of Life by Max Verworn (1899)
"In the former case the thermotactic effect is as Fin. 227. ... The thermotactic
action of different degrees of temperature may be studied best in ..."
8. Applied Physiology: A Manual Showing Functions of the Various Organs in Disease by Frederick Augustus Rhodes (1907)
"One school claims a thermotactic mechanism exists, which, ... Another school
claims that the thermotactic center is set as in health but behaves abnormally, ..."
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