taxis

1. Biology The responsive movement of a free-moving organism or cell toward or away from an external stimulus, such as light.

2. Medicine The moving of a body part by manipulation into normal position, as after a dislocation, fracture, or hernia.

3. A reflex reaction involving a taxis.

4. Reflex translational or orientational movement by a freely motile and usually simple organism in relation to a source of stimulation (as a light or a temperature or chemical gradient).

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
taxis	12	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
as	2
at	2
ax	9
ai	2
xi	9
is	2
it	2
si	2
ti	2
ta	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ats	3
xis	10
tix	10
tis	3
tax	10
tas	3
six	10
sit	3
sax	10
sat	3
its	3
ait	3
ais	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
sati	4
axis	11
taxi	11
aits	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
taxis	12