chemotactic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

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adj

"Altogether, the present data show that the Toxoplasma-induced hypermigratory phenotype in a 3D matrix is consistent with integrin-independent amoeboid DC migration with maintained responsiveness to chemotactic and chemokinetic cues."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English -tactic English chemotactic From chemo- + -tactic.

chemiotactic (alternative, dated)

antichemotactic autochemotactic chemotactically chemotacticity microchemotactic nonchemotactic prochemotactic

chemotactile

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What does chemotactic mean?

Relating to or exhibiting chemotaxis.

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