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Definition of: tropism

(trō′piz·əm) noun Biol.
1. The involuntary response of an organism, or of any of its parts, to an external stimulus.
2. Any automatic reaction to a stimulus. [<Gk. tropē a turning]
—tro·pis·tic (trō·pis′tik) adjective

Definition of: tropism

A (specified) tropism; a tendency to turn or change in response to a (given) stimulus: chemotropism, phototropism. Corresponding adjectives end in –tropic. [<TROPISM]

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