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Definition of Thermotaxis
1. n. The property possessed by protoplasm of moving under the influence of heat.
Definition of Thermotaxis
1. Noun. (biology) Movement in response to temperature ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thermotaxis
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Medical Definition of Thermotaxis
1. A directed motile response to temperature. The grex of Dictyostelium discoideum shows a positive thermotaxis. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thermotaxis
Literary usage of Thermotaxis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Human Physiology by Augustus Désiré Waller (1896)
"Nerves and nerve-centres concerned in thermotaxis. ... This harmonious and duly
co-ordinated action is what we have referred to above as thermotaxis. ..."
2. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"... chemical and physical properties of bodies, also induce directive movements
in motile plants, ie we must also recognize both phototaxis and thermotaxis. ..."
3. A Manual of physiology with practical exercises by George Neil Stewart (1910)
"Regulation of Temperature or thermotaxis.—What, now, is the mechanism by which
the balance is maintained in the ..."
4. A Manual of Physiology: With Practical Exercises by George Neil Stewart (1918)
"Nervous Mechanism of thermotaxis.—While the skeletal muscles, and perhaps the
glands, are at one end of the reflex arc by which the impulses pass that ..."
5. Syllabus of lectures on physiology by William Howard Bigler (1903)
"(thermotaxis) ; extent of body surface. In proportion to body-weight smaller
animals have larger body-surfaces, therefore, heat-dissipation is relatively ..."
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