Definition of tropism Tropism
tro•pism
We found 4 definitions of tropism from 3 different sources.
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What does tropism mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: tropisms |
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| tropism - an involuntary orienting response; positive or negative reaction to a stimulus source | ||
| reaction, response doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism" | ||
| ergotropism an affinity for work | ||
| geotropism an orienting response to gravity | ||
| heliotropism an orienting response to the sun | ||
| meteortropism an effect of climate on biological processes (as the effect on joint pains etc.) | ||
| neurotropism an affinity for neural tissues | ||
| phototropism an orienting response to light | ||
| trophotropism an orienting response to food | ||
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Part of speech
🔤- tropism, noun, singular of tropisms.
