English noun: taxis | |||
1. | taxis (act) a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism | ||
Broader (hypernym) | reaction, response | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | chemotaxis | ||
2. | taxis (act) the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part | ||
Broader (hypernym) | operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process | ||