TAXIS

taxis

(noun) the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part

taxis

(noun) a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

taxis (plural taxes)

(biology) The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.

(medicine) The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after injury.

(rhetoric) The arrangement of the parts of a topic.

arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar

(historical) A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.

Usage notes

Distinguished from tropism in that in a tropism, the organism is not motile, and simply turns or grows towards or away from stimulus (e.g, plants, fungi), while in a taxis, the organism has motility and moves towards or away from stimulus (e.g, bacteria, animals). Distinguished from a kinesis in that a kinesis is non-directional movement, while a taxis is directional.

Etymology 2

Noun

taxis

plural of taxi

Verb

taxis

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of taxi

Source: Wiktionary

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Tax"is, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Surg.)

Definition: Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it. Dunglison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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