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-taxis

a combining form representing taxis1 in compound words: heterotaxis.

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Nearby words

-style, -sy, -t, -tactic, -tastic, -taxis, -taxy, -teen, -tene, -termer, -th
Compare tax-, taxi-, taxo-, -taxy.
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British Dictionary definitions for -taxis

-taxis

-taxy

n combining form

indicating movement towards or away from a specified stimulusthermotaxis
order or arrangementphyllotaxis

Derived Forms

-tactic or -taxic, adj combining form

Word Origin for -taxis

from New Latin, from Greek taxis order
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Medicine definitions for -taxis

-taxis

suff.

Order; arrangement:stereotaxis.
Responsive movement; taxis:chemotaxis.
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