单词 | barotaxis |
释义 | barotaxisn. Physiology. ‘Stimulation of living matter by change of the pressure relations under which it exists’ (Dorland). ΚΠ 1899 F. S. Lee tr. M. Verworn Gen. Physiol. v. 440. 1901 G. N. 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). 1912 E. A. Minchin Introd. Study Protozoa x. 202 We can distinguish..Chemotaxis, or reactions to chemical stimuli..Barotaxis, or reactions to mechanical stimuli. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1899 |
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