Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the growth or bending of organisms in relation to chemical substances; exhibiting chemotropism. Also
chemotropical .
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- adjective of, related to, or in response to
chemotropism
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Examples
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We did Chi Gong, went in for peritoneal taps every 10 days (extracting from his stomach cavity 5 to 6 liters of ascites fluid buildup each time), meditated, kept a healer busy 20 to 30 hours a week, interviewed oncologists looking for specific chemotropic agents to knock out his tumors, took saunas, and maintained a very positive state of mind.
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After one trip, he returned with a grainy home video that he'd shot out of the window of a deepwater submersible – the first footage ever shot of a bizarre chemotropic cuttlefish that nobody even knew existed.
Deception Point Brown, Dan, 1964- 2001
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After one trip, he returned with a grainy home video that he’d shot out of the window of a deepwater submersible—the first footage ever shot of a bizarre chemotropic cuttlefish that nobody even knew existed.
Deception Point Dan Brown 2001
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