taxis

taxis
[ˈtaksɪs]
(pl. taxes ˈtaksiːz)

[mass noun](Surgery)the restoration of displaced bones or organs by manual pressure alone
(外科)整复（法）
[count noun](Biology)a motion or orientation of a cell, organism, or part in response to an external stimulus
(生)趋性，趋避性。比较kinesis
[mass noun](Linguistics)the systematic arrangement of linguistic units (phonemes, morphemes, words, phrases, or clauses) in linear sequence
(语言学)配列，排列

语源

mid 18th cent. (in sense 1): from Greek, literally arrangement', from tassein 'arrange'. Sense 2 dates from the late 19th cent

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