Chemotaxis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The characteristic movement or orientation of an organism or cell along a chemical concentration gradient either toward or away from the chemical stimulus.
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  • n. the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • The sensitiveness exhibited by small free-swimming organisms, as bacteria, zoöspores of algæ, etc., to chemical substances held in solution. They may be attracted (positive chemotaxis) or repelled (negative chemotaxis).
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The locomotion of organisms or of cells in relation to chemical substances, or the property of certain chemical substances to attract or repel living cells at the point of action: in the first instance there is positive chemotaxis, in the second negative chemotaxis. The peculiar response of the white blood-corpuscles to chemotactic stimulation is of fundamental importance in the defense of the animal organism against bacterial invasion.
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  • n. movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus
    • Equivalent
    chemiotaxis   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    taxis   
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