NOUN | act | chemotaxis | movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus |
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Meaning | movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus. | |
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Narrower | negative chemotaxis | movement away from a chemical stimulus |
positive chemotaxis | movement toward a chemical stimulus | |
Broader | taxis | A locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism |
Spanish | quimiotaxis | |
Catalan | quimiotaxi, quimiotaxis |
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