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chemotactism

chemotactism is the alternative form of chemotaxis.

Meaning of chemotaxis

Noun

chemotaxis (countable and uncountable, plural chemotaxes)

  1. The movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant.

Questions about chemotactism

What is chemotactism the alternative form of?
Chemotactism is the alternative form of chemotaxis.

Words near chemotactism in the dictionary

  1. chemotactic
  2. chemotactical
  3. chemotactically
  4. chemotacticity
  5. chemotactile
  6. chemotactism
  7. chemotax
  8. chemotaxed
  9. chemotaxes
  10. chemotaxic
  11. chemotaxin

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