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Taxis

Taxis Meaning & Definition
Taxis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Taxis?

[n] the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part
[n] a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism

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See Also | chemotaxis | operation | reaction | response | surgery | surgical operation | surgical procedure | surgical process

Taxis In Webster's Dictionary

\Tax"is\, n. In technical uses, as in architecture, biology, grammar, etc., arrangement; order; ordonnance.
\Tax"is\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ta`xis a division or arrangement, fr. ta`ssein to arrange.] (Surg.) Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it. --Dunglison.

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