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chemotaxis
This term describes a precise biological mechanism where cells or organisms navigate their environment based on chemical gradients. It is a technical term used primarily in microbiology, biochemistry, and cell biology to explain how bacteria find nutrients or how immune cells locate sites of infection.
As a mass noun representing a biological process, it is treated as uncountable. It does not have a plural form in standard scientific usage; instead, researchers refer to different types of chemotaxis or specific instances of the process.
Meanings
Examples
Chemotaxis is a process.
Chemotaxis is a process.
Cells use chemotaxis.
Cells use chemotaxis.
The biology teacher explained chemotaxis today.
Chemotaxis is essential for embryonic development.
Chemotaxis is essential for embryonic development.
The research paper analyzes chemotaxis in microbes.