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chemiotaxis |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chemotaxis \Chem`o*tax"is\, n. Formerly also Chemiotaxis \Chem`i*o*tax"is\ [Chemical + Gr ? arrangement, fr ? to arrange.] (Biol.) The sensitiveness exhibited by small free-swimming organisms, as bacteria, zo["o]spores of alg[ae], etc., to chemical substances held in solution. They may be attracted ({positive chemotaxis}) or repelled ({negative chemotaxis}). -- {Chem`o*tac"tic}, a. -- {Chem`o*tac"tic*al*ly}, adv
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