telotaxis
noun
telo·tax·is
| \ ˌtel-ə-ˈtak-səs
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plural telotaxes\ -ˌsēz
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Medical Definition of telotaxis
: a taxis in which an organism orients itself in respect to a stimulus (as a light source) as though that were the only stimulus acting on it