taxis: Meaning and Definition of

tax•is

1. arrangement or order, as in one of the physical sciences.
2. oriented movement of a motile organism in response to an external stimulus, as toward or away from light.
3. the replacing of a displaced part, or the reducing of a hernia or the like, by manipulation without cutting.
4. the adaptation to the purposes of a building of its various parts.

tax•is

1. a pl. of

-taxis

1. a combining form representing in compound words:Cf. heterotaxis.