stereotropism
[ster″e-ot´rah-pizm] tropism in response to contact with a solid body or rigid surface.
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ster·e·ot·ro·pism
(ster'ē-ot'rō-pizm), Growth or movement of a plant or animal toward (positive stereotropism) or away from (negative stereotropism) a solid body, usually applied where a part of the organism rather than the whole reacts.
[stereo- + G. tropos, a turning]
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ster·e·ot·ro·pism
(ster'ē-ot'rŏ-pizm) Growth or movement of a plant or animal toward (positive stereotropism) or away from (negative stereotropism) a solid body, usually applied when a part of the organism rather than the whole reacts.
[stereo- + G. tropos, a turning]
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stereotropism
see THIGMOTROPISM.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005