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barotaxis Physiol.|bærəʊˈtæksɪs|
[a. G. (M. Verworn, Allgemeine Physiologie (1894)), f. Gr. βάρο-ς weight + τάξις arrangement.]
‘Stimulation of living matter by change of the pressure relations under which it exists’ (Dorland).
1899F. S. Lee tr. Verworn's Gen. Physiol. v. 440. 1901 Calkins Protozoa 300 A general result of mechanical stimulation is a motor response followed by the tendency to turn away from the source, and the general reaction, whether positive or negative, since it deals with the question of pressure in some form or other, is called barotaxis (Verworn). 1912E. A. Minchin Introd. Study of Protozoa x. 202 We can distinguish..Chemotaxis, or reactions to chemical stimuli..Barotaxis, or reactions to mechanical stimuli. |