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cytotaxis

cytotaxis noun: the directive influence that determines the arrangement of cells; the selective, ordering, and arranging function of a living cell.

Noun

cytotaxis (uncountable)

  1. The directive influence that determines the arrangement of cells; the selective, ordering, and arranging function of a living cell.

Origin of cytotaxis

From cyto- + taxis.

Questions about cytotaxis

What does cytotaxis mean?
Cytotaxis means the directive influence that determines the arrangement of cells; the selective, ordering, and arranging function of a living cell.
What part of speech is cytotaxis?
Cytotaxis is a noun.

Words near cytotaxis in the dictionary

  1. cytotactic
  2. cytotactin
  3. cytotactins
  4. cytotaxin
  5. cytotaxins
  6. cytotaxis
  7. cytotaxonomic
  8. cytotaxonomical
  9. cytotaxonomically
  10. cytotaxonomist
  11. cytotaxonomists

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