- positive heliotaxis
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English-Arabic Medical Dictionary. 2013.
positive heliotaxis
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heliotaxis — [hē′lē ō tak′sis] n. [ModL: see HELIO & TAXIS] the positive, or negative, response of a freely moving organism toward, or away from, sunlight … English World dictionary
heliotaxis — A form of phototaxis, and perhaps of thermotaxis, in which there is a tendency to growth or movement toward (positive h.) or away from (negative h.) the sun or the sunlight. SYN: heliotropism. [helio + G. taxis, orderly arrangement] * * *… … Medical dictionary
heliotropism — SYN: heliotaxis. [helio + G. trope, a turning] * * * he·li·ot·ro·pism .hē lē ä trə .piz əm n phototropism in which sunlight is the orienting stimulus he·lio·tro·pic lē ə trōp ik, träp adj * * * he·li·ot·ro·pism (he″le otґro piz əm)… … Medical dictionary
phototaxis — Reaction of living protoplasm to the stimulus of light, involving bodily motion of the whole organism toward (positive p.) or away from (negative p.) the stimulus. Cf.:phototropism. [photo + G. taxis, orderly arrangement] * * * pho·to·tax·is tak … Medical dictionary
