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Chemotaxis
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(from the stem of "chemistry" and Gr. rIt ts, arrangement), a biological term for the attraction exercised on living or growing organisms or their members by chemical substances; e.g. the attraction of the male cells of ferns or mosses by an organic acid or sugar-solution.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Chemotaxis'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/chemotaxis.html. 1910.