Look up: thermotaxis

1. thermotaxis
   A directed motile response to temperature. The grex of Dictyostelium > Dictyostelium discoideum shows a positive thermotaxis.
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2. Thermotaxis
   Ther`mo·tax'is noun [ New Latin ; thermo- + Greek ... an arranging.] (Physiol.) (a) The property possessed by protoplasm of moving under the influence of heat. (b) Determination of the direction of locomotion by heat.
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3. thermotaxis
   A directed motile response to temperature. The grex of Dictyostelium discoideum shows a positive thermotaxis. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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4. thermotaxis
   (thur″mo-tak´sis) normal adjustment of bodily temperature. taxis in response to the stimulation of a temperature gradient. adj., thermotac´tic, thermotax´ic., adj.
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5. Thermotaxis
   • (n.) The property possessed by protoplasm of moving under the influence of heat. • (n.) Determination of the direction of locomotion by heat.
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6. thermotaxis
   thermotaxis, thermotaxic 1. Reaction of living protoplasm to the stimulus of heat. 2. Regulation of body heat. 3. The thermo-regulatory function of the nervous system. 4. The movement or simulation in a living body exposed to heat. 5. The directed response of a motile organism towards (positive)...
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7. Thermotaxis
   Thermotaxis is the physiology term for the regulation of an organisms body heat.
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8. thermotaxis
   Type: Term Pronunciation: ther′mō-tak′sis Definitions: 1. Reaction of living protoplasm to the stimulus of heat. 2. Regulation of the temperature of the body.
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9. Thermotaxis
   `Thermotaxis` is a behavior in which an organism directs its locomotion up or down a gradient of temperature. Lab research has determined that some slime molds and small nematodes (namely Meloidogyne incognita) can migrate along amazingly shallow temperature gradients of less than 0.1C/cm. Theoretic...
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