adj
(medicine) Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ or cells not due to an injury.
n
(biology) The growth of an organism either towards, or away from a region of higher oxygen content.
adj
That does not exhibit gravitropism
n
The condition of being agravitropic
n
The property of being amphitropic
adj
Alternative form of anaplerotic [(biochemistry, of a reaction) Forming intermediates of a metabolic pathway (eg. the tricarboxylic acid cycle).]
adj
Exhibiting or relating to anemotropism.
n
(botany) The orientation of plants in response to the direction of the wind.
n
The habit of bending away from sunlight, as some plants do.
n
(obsolete, biology) The movement or growth of an organism away from an obstruction.
n
(botany) An apogeotropic tendency.
adj
Of or pertaining to autobarotropy
n
The tendency of plant organs to grow in a straight line unless influenced by external stimuli.
adj
(botany) Relating to plant movement classified by growth as opposed to mature reactions to exogenous stimuli in surrounding environment.
adv
In reference to bacteria
adv
With regard to bacteriostasis; by means of a bacteriostat.
n
The condition of being cephalotropic
adj
(biology) of, related to, or in response to chemotropism
adj
Relating to the attraction of a chromatophore to a tissue
adj
Relating to chromotropism
n
A rotating device that is used to investigate gravitropism in plants
adj
(botany) Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism.
n
(botany) The tendency of plant organs, such as roots, to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the centre of the Earth.
n
(biology) The growth or movement of a plant or animal in a direction perpendicular to a stimulus.
n
The condition of being epitheliotropic
n
The condition of being folliculotropic
n
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
n
reaction to gravity, such as gravitropism in a plant
n
(biology) The response of a plant (in its growth habit) to gravity
n
Alternative form of gravitropism [(biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity]
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting gravitropism
n
(biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity
n
Alternative form of gravitropism [(biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity]
adj
Relating to guanotrophy
n
The property of some plants of turning under the influence of light; either positively (towards the light) or negatively (away from the light)
n
(biology) The attraction of a parasite to a particular tissue
n
(biology) The movement of a plant (or other organism) in response to water, either towards or away from water.
adj
Relating to hyperconjugation.
n
The condition of being lusitropic
adv
(biology) By means of lysigeny.
n
The condition of being membranotropic
adj
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to a mesogen; describing the part of a liquid crystal molecule responsible for mesophase formation.
n
(biology) mitochondrial homeostasis
adj
(biology) Promoting cellular motility.
n
The condition of being nucleotropic
n
The condition of being oncotropic
n
The affinity of certain substances, or of certain microorganisms, for particular tissues or organs.
n
(botany) The normal tendency of a plants parts to bend downward under the effects of gravity
adj
Relating to orthotrophy
n
The condition of being osteotropic
n
(botany) Movement of a plant's leaves in order to reduce incident sunlight damage
adj
(biology) Describing the tracks left as a motile cell moves across a surface, engulfing and absorbing nanoparticles or quantum dots as it moves
adj
(biology) Relating to pheromonostasis
n
(biology) the regulatory effect of light on the growth, development and differentiation of plant cells, tissues and organs
n
(botany) Alternative spelling of phototropism [(biology) The movement of a plant towards or away from light.]
n
(botany) The response of branches etc to gravity when growth is not vertical
n
(biology) The growth of a plant at an orientation to the angle of a stimulus
n
The condition of being pneumotropic
n
The desire for mental stimulation and knowledge.
adj
Of or pertaining to pyroptosis.
n
The property of some plants of turning under the influence of light from the Moon.
n
(botany) The development of a seedling in the dark.
adj
Pertaining to skototropism
n
(biology) A directive influence exercised by a mass of matter upon growing organs.
n
(biology) Movement towards, or attraction to the spleen
n
(biology) A mechanism of spontaneous, indirect coordination between agents or actions, where the trace left in the environment by an action stimulates the performance of a subsequent action.
n
(botany) Thermotropic movement of a plant or plant part in response to changes in temperature.
n
(biology) The turning of an organism when in contact with a solid object; stereotropism
n
(botany) The response of a plant to touch or other mechanical sensation.
adj
(biology) Relating to thigmotropism
n
The movements of the organs in a growing plant, as towards nutrient substances, induced by the chemical nature of its surroundings.
adj
(biochemistry, incomparable) Having the quality of indirectly inducing a biological or chemical change in a system or substrate.
n
(biology) The turning of an organism in response to a stimulus, either towards or away from the stimulus.
n
The condition of being viscerotropic
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