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tropism

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Noun
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tro=pism

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun tropism has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

tropismn. [Gr. troph` a turning, tre`pein to turn + -ism.].
     Modification of the direction of growth, caused by some external influence, such as light; -- sometimes used for motion of an organism toward or away from an external stimulus, more properly called taxis.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tropism, n. Biol. the turning of all or part of an organism in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus.

Etymology
Gk tropos turning f. trepo turn

THESAURUS

tropism

a thing for, affinity, aptitude, aptness, bent, bias, cast, conatus, conduciveness, delight, diathesis, disposition, eagerness, feeling for, inclination, leaning, liability, liking, penchant, predilection, predisposition, prejudice, probability, proclivity, proneness, propensity, readiness, sensitivity to, soft spot, susceptibility, tendency, turn, twist, warp, weakness, willingness
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