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Any movement or alignment of an organism with respect to an electric field
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galvanotropism — GALVANOTROPÍSM, galvanotropisme, s.n. (biol.) Orientare a organismelor în anumite direcţii sub influenţa curentului electric; electrotropism. – Din fr. galvanotropisme. Trimis de gall, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 galvanotropísm s. n. Trimis de… … Dicționar Român
Galvanotropism — Gal va*not ro*pism, n. [Galvanic + Gr. ? to turn.] (Bot.) The tendency of a root to place its axis in the line of a galvanic current. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Galvanotropism — is a term used to describe the ability to direct the outgrowth of neuronal processes through the use of an extracellular electric field. This technique has been researched since the late 1920s and has been shown to direct the formation of both… … Wikipedia
galvanotropism — n. [Luigi Galvani, pert. electricity; Gr. tropein, to turn] Tropism in which an electric current is the orienting factor; electrotropism … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
galvanotropism — See galvanotaxis … Dictionary of molecular biology
galvanotropism — SYN: electrotaxis. [galvano + G. trope, a turning] * * * gal·va·not·ro·pism .gal və nä trə .piz əm n a tropism in which electricity is the stimulus gal·va·no·tro·pic gal .van ə trō pik, .gal və nə adj * * * gal·va·not·rop·ism (gal″və… … Medical dictionary
galvanotropism — n. movement or growth of an organism toward or away from an electrical current … English contemporary dictionary
galvanotropism — gal·va·not·ro·pism … English syllables
galvanotropism — /ˌgælvəˈnɒtrəpɪzəm/ (say .galvuh notruhpizuhm) noun the movements in growing plant organs induced by the passage of electric currents …
galvanotropism — ˌgalvəˈnä.trəˌpizəm noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary galvano + tropism : a tropism in which electricity is the stimulus … Useful english dictionary
