Usually means: Growth response to chemical stimuli.
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  1. chemotropism: Merriam-Webster
  2. chemotropism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chemotropism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. chemotropism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. chemotropism: Wordnik
  6. chemotropism: Wiktionary
  7. chemotropism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. chemotropism: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. chemotropism: Dictionary.com
  10. Chemotropism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. chemotropism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. chemotropism: Encyclopedia

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  1. chemotropism: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. chemotropism: Medical dictionary

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  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (chemotropism)

▸ noun:  (biology) The movement or growth of an organism in response to a chemical stimulus

Similar:
chemotaxis, chemotactism, chemotaxy, trophotropism, cytotropism, biotaxis, chemiotaxis, thigmotropism, electrotropism, chemokinesis, more...

Opposite:
phototropism, heliotropism

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Similar:
chemotaxis, chemotactism, chemotaxy, trophotropism, cytotropism, biotaxis, chemiotaxis, thigmotropism, electrotropism, chemokinesis, more...

Opposite:
phototropism, heliotropism



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