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‖ thermotaxis|θɜːməʊˈtæksɪs|
[mod.L., f. thermo- + Gr. τάξις arrangement: see taxis.]
1. Physiol. That function of the nervous system on which the normal temperature of the body depends; the regulation of the bodily heat.
1891in Cent. Dict. 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 150 It may be assumed that thermotaxis is conducted by a ‘centre’ or ‘centres’. Ibid. 156 What they do not prove is that fever is nothing more than a disorder of thermotaxis. 1899Ibid. VII. 341 The tuber cinereum, which he regards as the true centre of thermotaxis.
2. Biol. Movement or stimulation in a living body caused by heat: cf. taxis 6.
1900B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms, Thermotaxis, changes produced by warmth. 1902Max Verworn in Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 715/1 Cases of directive stimulation..have been designated..positive or negative Chemotaxis, Phototaxis, Thermotaxis, Galvanotaxis, and so forth.
Hence thermoˈtaxic a. = thermotactic.
1877Foster Phys. ii. v. (1878) 378 This at first sight looked like the indication of a thermotaxic mechanism, rendered inactive by the condition of fever. 1899Syd. Soc. Lex., Thermotaxic, same as Thermotactic. |