Hypertext Webster Gateway: "taxis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Taxis \Tax"is\, n.
In technical uses, as in architecture, biology, grammar,
etc., arrangement; order; ordonnance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Taxis \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
taxis
n 1: a locomotor response toward or away from an external
stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism
2: the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced
body part
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