Meaning of TAXIS
| Pronunciation: | | 'taksis
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- [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 | |
| Products Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Taxis
Discusses the inventors, history, early models, major parts, and workings of taxis more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | ["A Language Facility for Designing Database-Intensive Applications", J. Mylopoulos et al, ACM Trans Database Sys 5(2):185-207 (June 1980)]. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Movement toward or away from a stimulus. |
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