| 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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