Origin

from New Latin, from Greek taxis order

-taxis

a combining form representing taxis¹, in compound words:

heterotaxis.

Compare tax-, taxi-, taxo-, -taxy.

Related Words

hypotaxis
-taxy
anemotaxis
ataxia
chemotaxis
cytotaxis

-taxisa word element meaning 'arrangement', as in chemotaxis.

[Greek]

-taxis
noun combining form
(plural -taxes)

ETYMOLOGY New Latin, from Greek, from taxis

1. arrangement : ordering
thermotaxis
2. physiological taxis
chemotaxis

-taxis|ˈtæksɪs|the word taxis (sense 6) used as a suffix in Biol., as in geotaxis s.v. geo-, phototaxis, etc.

-taxis /ˈtaksɪs/ suffix. Pl. -taxes /ˈtaksi:z/.

ORIGIN: from taxis.

Biology. Forming nouns with the senses (a) motion or orientation related to the direction of a stimulus, as chemotaxis, geotaxis, phototaxis; (b) arrangement or order, as phyllotaxis. Cf. -taxy.

-tax·is
\ˈtaksə̇s\ noun combining form
(plural -tax·es \-kˌsēz\)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek taxis
1. : arrangement : order
< homotaxis >
2. : taxis (sense 2)
< chemotaxis >
< heliotaxis >
< thermotaxis >

词汇	-taxis
词根词缀	AHD Collins Dictionary.com Macquarie MWCD OED SOED Webster -taxis suff.（后缀） Order; arrangement: 次序；排列： homotaxis. 排列类似地 Responsive movement; taxis: 趋向性：敏感运动；趋向性： chemotaxis. 趋化性语源 Greek 希腊语 from taxis * see taxis 源自 taxis 参见 taxis* -taxis or -taxy combining form in countable noun indicating movement towards or away from a specified stimulus ⇒ thermotaxis order or arrangement ⇒ phyllotaxis Derived Forms -tactic, -taxic combining form in adjective Origin from New Latin, from Greek taxis order -taxis 1 a combining form representing taxis¹, in compound words: heterotaxis. Compare tax-, taxi-, taxo-, -taxy. Related Words hypotaxis -taxy anemotaxis ataxia chemotaxis cytotaxis -taxisa word element meaning 'arrangement', as in chemotaxis. [Greek] -taxis noun combining form (plural -taxes) ETYMOLOGY New Latin, from Greek, from taxis 1. arrangement : ordering thermotaxis 2. physiological taxis chemotaxis -taxis\|ˈtæksɪs\|the word taxis (sense 6) used as a suffix in Biol., as in geotaxis s.v. geo-, phototaxis, etc. -taxis /ˈtaksɪs/ suffix. Pl. -taxes /ˈtaksi:z/. ORIGIN: from taxis. Biology. Forming nouns with the senses (a) motion or orientation related to the direction of a stimulus, as chemotaxis, geotaxis, phototaxis; (b) arrangement or order, as phyllotaxis. Cf. -taxy. -tax·is \ˈtaksə̇s\ noun combining form (plural -tax·es \-kˌsēz\) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek taxis 1. : arrangement : order < homotaxis > 2. : taxis (sense 2) < chemotaxis > < heliotaxis > < thermotaxis >
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