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tropism


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tropism  \Tro"pism\,  n.  [Gr.  ?  a  turning,  ?  to  turn  +  -ism.] 
  (Physiol.) 
  Modification  of  the  direction  of  growth. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tropism 
  n  :  an  involuntary  orienting  response;  positive  or  negative 
  reaction  to  a  stimulus  source 




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