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taxis

  • noun
  • tăkʹsĭs

The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.

Other meanings

  1. The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.

  2. The arrangement of the parts of a topic.

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “taxis” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.