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thigmotropism Biol.|θɪgˈmɒtrəpɪz(ə)m|
[f. Gr. θίγµα touch + τρόπη a turning + -ism.]
The movement of some part of any organism in response to a touch stimulus; the habit of turning towards or away from a foreign body on coming into contact with it. So thigmoˈtropic a., of, pertaining to, resulting from, or exhibiting thigmotropism.
1900B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 270/2 Thigmotropism, curvature induced in climbing plants by the stimulus of a rough surface. 1908M. F. Washburn Animal Mind iii. §12. 57. 1909 J. W. Jenkinson Experim. Embryol. 275 The outgrowth of the ciliated ring into the arms is due to a stimulus—thigmotropic, perhaps,—exerted by the tip of the spicule. |