Definitions for: Taxis

[n] the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part
[n] a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism

Webster (1913) Definition: Tax"is, n.
In technical uses, as in architecture, biology, grammar,
etc., arrangement; order; ordonnance.

Tax"is, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ta`xis a division or
arrangement, fr. ta`ssein to arrange.] (Surg.)
Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal
obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it. --Dunglison.

See Also: chemotaxis, operation, reaction, response, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

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