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Meaning of odortaxis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The movement of an organism with respect to, usually towards, a volatile airborne chemical.

uncountable

Examples

“These cells may be activated by physical deformation of the cuticle or chemical stimuli that reach a ciliated dendrite via the opening (e.g., neurons involved in chemotaxis and odortaxis behavior, or nose-touch response)”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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