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-taxis
-taxissuff.1. Order; arrangement: homotaxis.2. Responsive movement; taxis: chemotaxis. [From Greek, from taxis; see taxis.]-taxis or -taxyn combining form1. indicating movement towards or away from a specified stimulus: thermotaxis. 2. order or arrangement: phyllotaxis. [from New Latin, from Greek taxis order] -tactic, -taxic adj combining formtax•is (ˈtæk sɪs) n., pl. tax•es (ˈtæk siz) 1. arrangement or order, as in one of the physical sciences. 2. oriented movement of a motile organism in response to an external stimulus, as toward light. 3. the repositioning of a displaced body part by manipulation without cutting. [1720–30; < New Latin < Greek táxis, derivative of tássein to arrange] -taxis or -taxy, a combining form representing taxis1: chemotaxis.EncyclopediaSeeTaxis-taxis
-taxis word element [Gr.], movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus.ThesaurusSeetaxis |