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thigmotropism
1. An orientation response to touch or a contact stimulus.
2. The orientation of an organism in response to a mechanical displacement.
3. Growth curvature in response to a contact stimulus found in clinging plant organs.
4. A tendency of an organism or part of an organism to bend or to turn in response to a touch stimulus; such as, a vine coiling around a string support.
This entry is located in the following units: -ism, -ismus (page 59) thigmo-, thigm-, thixo- + (page 1)