trophotaxis

trophotaxis
n. [Gr. trophe, food; taxis, arrangement]
A response to the stimulation of food; see telotaxis, klinotaxis.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • trophotaxis — SYN: trophotropism. [tropho + G. taxis, arrangement] * * * tro·pho·tax·is (tro″fo takґsis) [tropho + taxis] chemotaxis of an organism in response to nutritive material …   Medical dictionary

  • trophotaxis — troph·o·tax·is …   English syllables

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  • trophotropism — Chemotaxis of living cells in relation to nutritive material; it may be positive (toward nutritive material) or negative (away from nutritive material). SYN: trophotaxis. [tropho + G. trope, a turning] * * * tro·pho·tro·pism (tro″fo troґpiz …   Medical dictionary

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