Usually means: Attraction to physical contact, surfaces.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. thigmotaxis: Merriam-Webster
  2. thigmotaxis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. thigmotaxis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. thigmotaxis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. thigmotaxis: Wordnik
  6. thigmotaxis: Wiktionary
  7. thigmotaxis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. thigmotaxis: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. thigmotaxis: Dictionary.com
  10. Thigmotaxis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. thigmotaxis: FreeDictionary.org
  12. thigmotaxis: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  13. thigmotaxis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. thigmotaxis: Legal dictionary

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  1. thigmotaxis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. thigmotaxis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. thigmotaxis: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (thigmotaxis)

▸ noun:  (biology) The movement of an organism either towards or away from the stimulus of physical contact.

Similar:
thygmotaxis, thigmotropism, thigmokinesis, stereotaxis, telotaxis, phobotaxis, galvanotaxis, thigmatropism, klinotaxis, phototaxis, more...

Opposite:
atrichy, ataxia, alethophobia

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Similar:
thygmotaxis, thigmotropism, thigmokinesis, stereotaxis, telotaxis, phobotaxis, galvanotaxis, thigmatropism, klinotaxis, phototaxis, more...

Opposite:
atrichy, ataxia, alethophobia



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