Words containing taxis
5 letter words containing taxis
- taxis — arrangement or order, as in one of the physical sciences.
6 letter words containing taxis
- -taxis — indicating movement towards or away from a specified stimulus
8 letter words containing taxis
- geotaxis — oriented movement of a motile organism toward or away from a gravitational force.
9 letter words containing taxis
- aerotaxis — the movement of organisms towards or away from oxygen caused by changes in oxygen concentration
- cytotaxis — movement of cells due to external stimulation
- epistaxis — nosebleed
- homotaxis — a similarity of arrangement, as of geologic strata or fossil assemblages that have the same relative position but are not necessarily contemporaneous.
- hypotaxis — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
10 letter words containing taxis
- anemotaxis — oriented movement in response to a current of air.
- chemotaxis — the movement of a microorganism or cell in response to a chemical stimulus
- heliotaxis — movement of an organism toward or away from sunlight.
- hydrotaxis — oriented movement toward or away from water.
- klinotaxis — a wavering side-to-side motion of the head occurring as an organism moves forward in response to a source of stimulation, caused by the alternating reaction of sensory receptors on either side of the body.
11 letter words containing taxis
- chemiotaxis — Dated form of chemotaxis.
- heterotaxis — abnormal or irregular arrangement, as of parts of the body, geological strata, etc.
- phyllotaxis — phyllotaxy.
- stereotaxis — movement of an organism in response to contact with a solid.
- thermotaxis — Biology. movement of an organism toward or away from a source of heat.
12 letter words containing taxis
- galvanotaxis — movement of an organism or any of its parts in a particular direction in response to an electric current; electrotaxis.
- magnetotaxis — movement or orientation of an organism in response to a magnetic field.
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