Medical term:
taxis
taxis
[tak´sis] (Gr.)1. an orientation movement of a motile organism in response to a stimulus; it may be either toward (positive) or away from (negative) the source of the stimulus. See also tropism.
2. exertion of force in manual replacement of a displaced organ or part.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
tax·is
(tak'sis),1. Reduction of a hernia or of a dislocation of any part by means of manipulation.
2. Systematic classification or orderly arrangement.
3. The reaction of protoplasm to a stimulus, by virtue of which animals and plants are led to move or act in certain definite ways in relation to their environment; the various kinds of taxis are designated by a prefix denoting the stimulus governing them; for example, chemotaxis, electrotaxis, thermotaxis.
[G. orderly arrangement]
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taxis
(tăk′sĭs)n. pl. taxes (tăk′sēz)
1. Biology The responsive movement of a free-moving organism or cell toward or away from an external stimulus, such as light.
2. Medicine The moving of a body part by manipulation into normal position, as after a dislocation, fracture, or hernia.
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tax·is
(tak'sis)1. Reduction of a hernia or of a dislocation of any part by means of manipulation.
2. Systematic classification or orderly arrangement.
3. The reaction of protoplasm to a stimulus, by virtue of which animals and plants are led to move or act in certain definite ways in relation to their environment. The various kinds of taxis are designated by a prefix denoting the stimulus governing them (e.g., chemotaxis, electrotaxis, thermotaxis).
[G. orderly arrangement]
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taxis
Movement of an organism toward or away from a stimulus.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
taxis
a behavioural response in which a motile cell or organism orientates itself toward (positive) or away from (negative) a given stimulus. Examples include GEOTAXIS, PHOTOTAXIS. Compare KINESIS.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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