tropisms

Bedeutung (Englisch)

plural of tropism

tropism

  1. (uncountable) The turning of an organism (chiefly a plant) or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; (countable) an instance of this.
  2. (broadly, countable) A capability or tendency for a pathogen (chiefly a virus) to infect a type of cell, tissue, organ, or host organism.
  3. (countable, figuratively) Of a person: an instinctive predilection or tendency; also (generally), a liking, a preference.

Konzepte

Tropismus

Phototropismus

Geotropismus

Chemotropismus

Nutation

Thigmotropismus

Hydrotropismus

nastische Bewegung

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