Chemotaxis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
chemotropismodortaxis

Etymology

From chemo- + taxis.

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