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odortaxis

odortaxis noun: the movement of an organism with respect to, usually towards, a volatile airborne chemical.

Noun

odortaxis (uncountable)

  1. The movement of an organism with respect to, usually towards, a volatile airborne chemical.
    • These cells may be activated by physical deformation of the cuticle or chemical stimuli that reach a ciliated dendrite via the opening (e.g., neurons involved in chemotaxis and odortaxis behavior, or nose-touch response)2006, Eric James Aamodt (editor), The Neurobiology of C. Elegans, Volume 69, page 5

Origin of odortaxis

From odor + taxis.

Words formed from odortaxis

Questions about odortaxis

What does odortaxis mean?
Odortaxis means the movement of an organism with respect to, usually towards, a volatile airborne chemical.
What part of speech is odortaxis?
Odortaxis is a noun.

Words near odortaxis in the dictionary

  1. odors of sanctity
  2. odorscape
  3. odorscapes
  4. odorsome
  5. odortactic
  6. odortaxis
  7. odortype
  8. odortypes
  9. ODOs
  10. odostome
  11. odostomes

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