tropism

Etymology
From (possibly based on  and ), from  + English. is derived from, from  (from ) +.

(“turning of an organism or part of an organism towards or away from a stimulus”) is modelled after 🇨🇬.

Noun

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

Usage notes

 * is generally distinguished from which is used to refer to organisms such as animals and bacteria which are able to move from place to place and so can relocate towards or away from stimuli. Tropism is used to refer to organisms such as fungi and plants which are not motile, and simply turn towards or away from stimuli.
 * Sense 1 should also be distinguished from or   (an individual movement being called a ), which is non-directional or even random movement in response to stimuli.
 * Not to be confused with.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: انتحاء
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: tropizm
 * Bashkir: тропизм
 * Basque: tropismo
 * Bulgarian: тропи́зъм
 * Burmese: ထရိုပီဇင်း
 * Catalan: tropisme
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: tropismus
 * Dutch: tropie
 * Esperanto: planta moviĝo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: tropismi
 * French:
 * German: Tropismus, Pflanzenbewegung
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: טרופיזם
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: leitni
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: trópacht
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: тропизм
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz: тропизм
 * Lithuanian: tropizmas
 * Macedonian: тропи́зам
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: അഭിഗതി
 * Occitan: tropisme
 * Persian:
 * Polish: tropizm
 * Portuguese: tropismo
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: тропѝзам
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: tropism
 * Tamil: திருப்ப அசைவு
 * Thai: การเบนของพืช
 * Ukrainian: тропізм
 * Urdu: رخیت
 * Uzbek: tropizm
 * Welsh: tropedd


 * Finnish: tropismi
 * Macedonian: тропи́зам


 * Finnish: tropismi
 * Macedonian:

Etymology
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