Dictionary

chemotaxis en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English taxis English chemotaxis From chemo- + taxis.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant.

Forms

Coordinates

chemoaversion · chemoavoidance · chemotropism

Deriveds

autochemotaxis · odortaxis · antichemotaxis · chemotactic · microchemotaxis · pseudochemotaxis

Relateds

chemotaxin

Translations (10)

ja 走化性 (the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant) · it chemiotassi (the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant) · io kemiotaktismo (the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant) · pl chemotaksja (the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant) · es quimiotaxis (the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant) · cmn 趨化性 /趋化性 (the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant) · ky хемотаксис (the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant) · tl kapbiling (the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant) · kk хемотаксис (the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant) · nl chemotaxis (the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant)