Taxis

Pronunciation

• enPR: tăkʹsÄ­s, IPA: /ˈtæksɪs/

From Ancient Greek τάξις (taxis, "arrangment, order")

Noun

1. (biology) The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
2. (medicine) The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after injury.
3. (rhetoric) The arrangement of the parts of a topic.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tăkʹsÄ“z, IPA: /ˈtæksiz/

See taxi

Alternative forms

• taxies

Noun

plural

1. Plural of taxi