cytotropism
noun
cy·tot·ro·pism
sīˈtä‧trəˌpizəm
plural -s
: the tendency of isolated cells and cell masses to move toward or away from one another
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary cyt- + -tropism; originally formed as German zytotropismus
First Known Use
1895, in the meaning defined above
- stopping condenser
- stopping distance
- stopping down
- stopping in
- stopping in transit
- stopping off
- stopping out
- stopping over
- stopping up
- stoppings
- stopple
- stoppled
- stopples
- stoppling
- stops
- stops (by or in)
- stops (by)
- stops (over)
- stops (up)
- stops by
- stops by or in
- stops down
- stops in
- stops off
- stops out