Definition of Taxis
Tax´is
n.
1.
(Surg.)
Manipulation
applied
to
a
hernial
tumor
,
or
to
an
intestinal
obstruction
,
for
the
purpose
of
reducing
it
.
2.
In
technical
uses
,
as
in
architecture
,
biology
,
grammar
,
etc
.,
arrangement
;
order
;
ordonnance
.
3.
a
reflexive
movement
by
a
motile
organism
by
which
it
moves
or
orients
itself
in
relation
to
some
source
of
stimulation
;
as
,
chemo
taxis
,
the
motion
toward
or
away
from
gradients
of
certain
chemical
compounds
.
Related Words
chemotaxis
,
reaction
,
response
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