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Tropism

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-028803

The directional growth of an organism in response to an external stimulus such as light, touch, or gravity. Growth towards the stimulus is a positive tropism; growth away from the stimulus is a negative tropism. (From Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-028803
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-028803",
  "term": "Tropism",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The directional growth of an organism in response to an external stimulus such as light, touch, or gravity. Growth towards the stimulus is a positive tropism; growth away from the stimulus is a negative tropism. (From Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)",
  "references": [
    "NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/tropism/"
}

Record 28,803 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.