- trophotaxis
- SYN: trophotropism. [tropho- + G. taxis, arrangement]
* * *
tro·pho·tax·is (tro″fo-takґsis) [tropho- + taxis] chemotaxis of an organism in response to nutritive material.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
trophotaxis
Look at other dictionaries:
trophotaxis — n. [Gr. trophe, food; taxis, arrangement] A response to the stimulation of food; see telotaxis, klinotaxis … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
trophotaxis — troph·o·tax·is … English syllables
trophotaxis — … Useful english dictionary
trophotropism — Chemotaxis of living cells in relation to nutritive material; it may be positive (toward nutritive material) or negative (away from nutritive material). SYN: trophotaxis. [tropho + G. trope, a turning] * * * tro·pho·tro·pism (tro″fo troґpiz … Medical dictionary
