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tax·is

npl  tax*es   1  :  the manual restoration of a displaced body part : specif  :  the reduction of a hernia manually  2 a  :  reflex translational or orientational movement by a freely motile and usu. simple organism in relation to a source of stimulation (as a light or a temperature or chemical gradient)  b  :  a reflex reaction involving a taxis .
 
 
 
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