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chemotaxis

chemotaxis noun: the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant.

Noun

chemotaxis (countable and uncountable, plural chemotaxes)

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

chemotaxis meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

chemotaxis in Tamil

வேதத்தூண்டல் இயக்கம், இரசாயனத்தூண்டற் பெயர்வு, வேதி ஈர்ப்பு, வேதியத் தூண்டியக்கம், வேதிய ஈர்ப்பு

chemotaxis in Tagalog

the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant
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Forms of chemotaxis

pluralchemotaxes
alternative form (dated)chemiotaxis

Origin of chemotaxis

From chemo- + taxis.

Words formed from chemotaxis

Questions about chemotaxis

What does chemotaxis mean?
Chemotaxis means the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant.
What is chemotaxis in Tamil?
Chemotaxis in Tamil is வேதத்தூண்டல் இயக்கம், இரசாயனத்தூண்டற் பெயர்வு, வேதி ஈர்ப்பு. See Chemotaxis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chemotaxis?
Chemotaxis is a noun.
What is the plural of chemotaxis?
The plural of chemotaxis is chemotaxes.

Words near chemotaxis in the dictionary

  1. chemotaxes
  2. chemotaxic
  3. chemotaxin
  4. chemotaxing
  5. chemotaxins
  6. chemotaxis
  7. chemotaxonomic
  8. chemotaxonomical
  9. chemotaxonomically
  10. chemotaxonomies
  11. chemotaxonomist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chemotaxis (page history and authors); chemotaxis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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