Odortaxis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The movement of an organism with respect to, usually towards, a volatile airborne chemical. uncountable

    "These cells may be activated by physical deformation of the cuticle or chemical stimuli that reach a ciliated dendrite via the opening (e.g., neurons involved in chemotaxis and odortaxis behavior, or nose-touch response)"

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chemotaxis

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"These cells may be activated by physical deformation of the cuticle or chemical stimuli that reach a ciliated dendrite via the opening (e.g., neurons involved in chemotaxis and odortaxis behavior, or nose-touch response)"

Etymology

From odor + taxis.

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