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stereotropism
stereotropism n. 
/ˌstɪərɪˈɒtrəpɪz(ə)m/, /ˌstɪriˈɑtrəˌpɪz(ə)m/ [see tropism n.] Biology the growth or movement of an organism in a particular direction under the stimulus of contact with a solid body:
Brit. /ˌstɛrɪˈɒtrəpɪz(ə)m/
, /ˌstɛrɪˈɒtrəpɪz(ə)m//ˌstɪərɪˈɒtrəpɪz(ə)m/U.S. /ˌstɛriˈɑtrəˌpɪz(ə)m/
, /ˌstɛriˈɑtrəˌpɪz(ə)m//ˌstɪriˈɑtrəˌpɪz(ə)m/ΘΚΠ
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stereotaxis1897
stereotropism1900
thigmotaxis1900
thigmotropism1900
1900 J. Loeb Compar. Physiol. Brain (1901) xiii. 184 Many plants and animals are forced to orient their bodies in a certain way toward solid bodies with which they come in contact. I have given this kind of irritability the name stereotropism... There is..a positive and negative stereotropism, and there are also stereotropic curvations.
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