chemiotaxis — SYN: chemotaxis … Medical dictionary
Chemotactic — Chemotaxis Chem o*tax is, n. Formerly also Chemiotaxis Chem i*o*tax is [Chemical + Gr. ? arrangement, fr. ? to arrange.] (Biol.) The sensitiveness exhibited by small free swimming organisms, as bacteria, zo[ o]spores of alg[ae], etc., to chemical … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chemotactically — Chemotaxis Chem o*tax is, n. Formerly also Chemiotaxis Chem i*o*tax is [Chemical + Gr. ? arrangement, fr. ? to arrange.] (Biol.) The sensitiveness exhibited by small free swimming organisms, as bacteria, zo[ o]spores of alg[ae], etc., to chemical … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chemotaxis — Chem o*tax is, n. Formerly also Chemiotaxis Chem i*o*tax is [Chemical + Gr. ? arrangement, fr. ? to arrange.] (Biol.) The sensitiveness exhibited by small free swimming organisms, as bacteria, zo[ o]spores of alg[ae], etc., to chemical substances … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
negative chemotaxis — Chemotaxis Chem o*tax is, n. Formerly also Chemiotaxis Chem i*o*tax is [Chemical + Gr. ? arrangement, fr. ? to arrange.] (Biol.) The sensitiveness exhibited by small free swimming organisms, as bacteria, zo[ o]spores of alg[ae], etc., to chemical … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
positive chemotaxis — Chemotaxis Chem o*tax is, n. Formerly also Chemiotaxis Chem i*o*tax is [Chemical + Gr. ? arrangement, fr. ? to arrange.] (Biol.) The sensitiveness exhibited by small free swimming organisms, as bacteria, zo[ o]spores of alg[ae], etc., to chemical … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chemotaxis — 1. Movement of cells or organisms in response to chemicals, whereby the cells are attracted (positive c.) or repelled (negative c.) by substances exhibiting chemical properties. 2. The migration of polymorphonuclear leukocytes and macrophages… … Medical dictionary
