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NEGATIVE CHEMOTAXIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does negative chemotaxis mean?
• NEGATIVE CHEMOTAXIS (noun)
The noun NEGATIVE CHEMOTAXIS has 1 sense:
1. movement away from a chemical stimulus
Familiarity information: NEGATIVE CHEMOTAXIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Movement away from a chemical stimulus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("negative chemotaxis" is a kind of...):
chemotaxis (movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus)
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