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organotropism definition

or·ga·not·ro·pism (ôr′gə nät′rə piz′əm)

noun

the affinity for particular organs, organ systems, or somatic tissues exhibited by certain drugs, pathogens, metastatic tumors, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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