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chemotropism

Meaning of "chemotropism" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CHEMOTROPISM

ˌkɛməʊˈtrəʊˌpɪzəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHEMOTROPISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chemotropism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHEMOTROPISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chemotropism

Chemo-tropism is the growth of organisms such as bacteria and plants, navigated by chemical stimulus from outside of the organism or organisms part. The response of the organism or organism part is termed ‘positive’ if the growth is towards the stimulus or ‘negative’ if the growth is away from the stimulus. An example of chemo-tropic movement can be seen during the growth of the pollen tube, where growth is always towards the ovules. It can be also written that conversion of flower into fruit is the example of chemo-tropism. Fertilization of flowers by pollen is achieved because the ovary releases chemicals that produce a positive chemo-tropic response from the developing pollen tube. An example of positive and negative chemo-tropism is shown by a plant’s roots; the roots grow towards useful minerals displaying positive chemo-tropism, and grow away from harmful acids displaying negative chemo-tropism. Another example of chemo-tropic movement of includes the growth of individual neuronal cell axons in response to extra cellular signals, which guide the developing axon to innervate the correct target tissue.

Definition of chemotropism in the English dictionary

The definition of chemotropism in the dictionary is the growth response of an organism, esp a plant, to a chemical stimulus.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHEMOTROPISM

apheliotropism · apogeotropism · diageotropism · diaheliotropism · galvanotropism · geotropism · heliotropism · hydrotropism · isotropism · nyctitropism · orthotropism · plagiotropism · pleiotropism · priapism · psilanthropism · rheotropism · sinapism · stereotropism · theanthropism · therianthropism

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHEMOTROPISM

chemosphere · chemospheric · chemostat · chemosurgery · chemosurgical · chemosynthesis · chemosynthetic · chemosynthetically · chemotactic · chemotactically · chemotaxis · chemotaxonomic · chemotaxonomist · chemotaxonomy · chemotherapeutic · chemotherapist · chemotherapy · chemotropic · chemotropically · chempaduk

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHEMOTROPISM

aerotropism · allotropism · apism · atropism · caesaropapism · diaphototropism · escapism · gamotropism · haptotropism · hemitropism · malapropism · metopism · mugwumpism · papism · phototropism · thermotropism · thigmotropism · trophotropism · tropism · utopism

Synonyms and antonyms of chemotropism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chemotropism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHEMOTROPISM

Find out the translation of chemotropism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of chemotropism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chemotropism» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

药性
1,325 millions of speakers
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quimiotropismo
570 millions of speakers
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chemotropism
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chemotropism
380 millions of speakers
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توجه كيميائي
280 millions of speakers
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chemotropism
278 millions of speakers
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chemotropism
270 millions of speakers
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chemotropism
260 millions of speakers
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chimiotropisme
220 millions of speakers
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Chemotropism
190 millions of speakers
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Chemotropismus
180 millions of speakers
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屈化性
130 millions of speakers
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chemotropism
85 millions of speakers
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Chemotropism
85 millions of speakers
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chemotropism
80 millions of speakers
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வேதி நாட்டம்
75 millions of speakers
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केमोट्रॉपीज्म
75 millions of speakers
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Kemotropizma
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chemotropism
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chemotropism
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chemotropism
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chemotropism
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chemotropism
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chemotropism
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chemotropism
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chemotropism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chemotropism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHEMOTROPISM»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chemotropism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHEMOTROPISM»

Discover the use of chemotropism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chemotropism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chemotropism of Mosquitoes
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Willem Rudolfs, 2010
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Fungal Physiology
corrhizal fungi [84]. Chemotaxis has attracted considerable interest because of its widespread occurrence among organisms in the several biological kingdoms [85 -87]. Chemotropism is a phenomenon largely restricted to the fungi because of ...
David H. Griffin, 1996
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Principles of Plant Physiology
Pfeffer also found that in certain mosses, Funaria hygrometrica, Leptobryum pyriforme and Brachythecium rivulare, the antherozoids exhibit positive chemotropism towards sucrose, but no chemotactic response of moss antherozoids could be ...
Walter Stiles, 1994
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BIOLOGY For Tenth Class Part3
These three stimuli give us the three types of tropisms : phototropism, geotropism and chemotropism. In phototropism, the stimulus is light, in geotropism the stimulus is gravity; and in chemotropism, the stimulus is a chemical. We can now say ...
Lakhmir Singh and Manjit kaur, Lakhmir Singh, Manjit Kaur
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Morphogenesis and Pathogenicity in Fungi
The environmental cues that explain these tropic responses have not been established – but they have been hypothesised to be due to either positive aerotropism towards regions of high oxygen tension or a form of negative chemotropism ...
José Pérez Martín, Antonio Di Pietro, 2012
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Phosphorus in Action: Biological Processes in Soil ...
We also study the effect when the root system does or does not additionally follow chemotropism, i.e. the tendency of the roots to grow towards higher Pi concentrations. 5.2.2.3 Results Figure 5.5a, b shows the root system and soil Pi depletion ...
Else K. Bünemann, Astrid Oberson, Emmanuel Frossard, 2010
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INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY
... higher than 3540°C (Vasil and Bose, 1959; Vasil, 1962b). Temperature, therefore, seems to affect the rigidity of the pollen tube wall. The mechanism by which it does so is not understood. X. Chemotropism Pollen tubes of many plants have ...
Geoffrey H. Bourne, Kenneth L. Giles, Jatendra Prakash, 1987
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Strctre/Dvlpmt Fngi
Repulsion is not caused by poisonous salts; the zoospores swim readily into a solution containing a protein and a lethal dose of mercuric chloride. Chemotropism. The strongest chemotropic response of hyphae and germ tubes is a negative ...
H. C. Gwynne-Vaughan, 1937
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Chemotropism of Fungi
The changing of the direction of growth of fungous hyphae is a complex phenomenon in which at least two factors, cytotropism and hyrotropism, are concerned.
Harry Rascoe Fulton, 1905
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The Ecology and Physiology of the Fungal Mycelium
However, results obtained by Robinson (1973a) using the perforated-plate technique suggest that germ tubes and mature hyphae exhibit positive chemotropism to oxygen. He (Robinson, 1973b) suggests that positive chemotropism results ...
British Mycological Society. Symposium, David Harry Jennings, Alan D. M. Rayner, 1984

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHEMOTROPISM»

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How Do Plants Grow Aboard the International Space Station?
Other tropisms that can be studied are chemotropism (chemicals), thigmotropism (touch), and electrotropism (electric fields). More questions on ... «Slate Magazine, Sep 14»
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It's not easy being green. What if plants have a brain?
... (hydrotropism ), current (electrotropism ), chemicals (chemotropism ), forces (magnetropism ), and injury (traumatropism ), to name a few. «Haaretz, Oct 12»
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Plant Sex Protein Identified at UC Riverside
... at UC Riverside, authored the paper titled “Chemocyanin, a Small, Basic Protein from the Lily Stigma Induces Pollen Tube Chemotropism. «UC Riverside, Dec 03»
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