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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun taxis has 2 senses
- taxis(n = noun.act) - a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism; is a kind of reaction, response
- taxis(n = noun.act) - the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part; is a kind of operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
has particulars: chemotaxis
CIDE DICTIONARY
taxis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ta`xis a division or arrangement, fr. ta`ssein to arrange.].
- Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it. Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
- In technical uses, as in architecture, biology, grammar, etc., arrangement; order; ordonnance. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- a reflexive movement by a motile organism by which it moves or orients itself in relation to some source of stimulation; as, chemotaxis, the motion toward or away from gradients of certain chemical compounds. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
taxis, n.
1 Surgery the restoration of displaced bones or organs by manual pressure.
2 Biol. the movement of a cell or organism in response to an external stimulus.
3 Gram. order or arrangement of words.
1 Surgery the restoration of displaced bones or organs by manual pressure.
2 Biol. the movement of a cell or organism in response to an external stimulus.
3 Gram. order or arrangement of words.
Etymology
Gk f. tasso arrange