chemotaxis

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵhew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English taxis English chemotaxis From chemo- + taxis.

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 趨化性 /趋化性 (qūhuàxìng) — the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant
• Dutch: chemotaxis — the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant
• Ido: kemiotaktismo — the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant
• Italian: chemiotassi — the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant
• Japanese: 走化性 (sōkasei) — the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant
• Kazakh: хемотаксис (xemotaksis) — the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant
• Kyrgyz: хемотаксис (hemotaksis) — the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant
• Polish: chemotaksja — the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant
• Spanish: quimiotaxis — the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant
• Tagalog: kapbiling — the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant