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Movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus
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chemotaxis
Word definitions for chemotaxis in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chemotaxis \Chem`o*tax"is\, n. Formerly also Chemiotaxis \Chem`i*o*tax"is\ [Chemical + Gr. ? arrangement, fr. ? to arrange.] (Biol.) The sensitiveness exhibited by small free-swimming organisms, as bacteria, zo["o]spores of alg[ae], etc., to chemical substances ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1891, coined in German, 1888, by German botanist Wilhelm Pfeffer (1845-1920) from chemo- + Greek taxis "arrangement" (see tactics ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context biology biochemistry English) the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant
WordNet
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n. movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Chemotaxis (from chemo- + taxis ) is the movement of an organism in response to a chemical stimulus. Somatic cells , bacteria , and other single-cell or multicellular organisms direct their movements according to certain chemicals in their environment. ...
Usage examples of chemotaxis.
Micro-organisms, generally, display a negative chemotaxis, which enables them to respond to a deleterious alteration in the • We think with sardonic amusement of the moth who seems so stupidly to fly into a flame that kills it, but movement toward the light is generally adaptive behavior.