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thermotactic
Variant of thermotaxis
noun
- Biol. the positive, or negative, response of a freely moving organism toward, or away from, a source of heat
- Physiol. the normal regulation of body temperature
Related Forms:
- thermotaxic adjective or thermotactic
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