Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "taxis" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

city

Derived Terms

aerotaxis anataxis anemotaxis barotaxis caulotaxis chemotaxis chronotaxis clinotaxis cytotaxis electrotaxis fluxotaxis galvanotaxis geotaxis gravitaxis gyrotaxis haptotaxis heliotaxis hemotaxis heterotaxis homotaxis hydrotaxis hypotaxis infotaxis klinotaxis leukotaxis ligamentotaxis magnetotaxis mechanotaxis mnemotaxis odortaxis oxytaxis parataxis phobotaxis phonotaxis phototaxis phyllotaxis rhizotaxis scototaxis stereotaxis telotaxis thermotaxis thigmotaxis tria-taxis tropotaxis

Etymologically Related To

taxi

Inflected/Variant Forms

taxi

Context

biology historical medicine rhetoric

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

operation reaction response surgery surgical operation surgical procedure surgical process

Type Of (IsA)

operation reaction

Related Terms

kinesis tropism

Related Terms

architecture army arrangement brigade grammar kinesis manipulation movement order organism response stimulus tropism

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.