Medical term:
trophotaxis
trophotaxis
[trof″o-tak´sis]chemotaxis of an organism in response to nutritive material.
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tro·phot·ro·pism
(trō-fot'rō-pizm),Chemotaxis of living cells in relation to nutritive material; it may be positive (toward nutritive material) or negative (away from nutritive material).
Synonym(s): trophotaxis
[tropho- + G. tropē, a turning]
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tro·phot·ro·pism
(trō-fot'rō-pizm)Chemotaxis of living cells in relation to nutritive material; it may be positive (toward nutritive material) or negative (away from nutritive material).
Synonym(s): trophotaxis.
Synonym(s): trophotaxis.
[tropho- + G. tropē, a turning]
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