Associations to the word «Taxis»

Wiktionary

TAXIS, noun. (biology) The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
TAXIS, noun. (medicine) The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after injury.
TAXIS, noun. (rhetoric) The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
TAXIS, noun. Arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
TAXIS, noun. Plural of taxi

Dictionary definition

TAXIS, noun. A locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism.
TAXIS, noun. The surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part.

Wise words

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