athermotactic

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adjective

Not moving in relation to heat; lacking thermotaxis.

OriginEnglish thermotactic ← Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) ← Proto-Hellenic *ə- →
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Meanings

adjectiveathermotactic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyNot moving in relation to heat; lacking thermotaxis.

    If the major thermosensory neuron, AFD, is ablated, most animals become athermotactic, that is, they will move randomly on a temperature gradient […]

    2004, Noelle L'Etoile, “Chemosensory Transduction in Caenorhabditis elegans”, in Frings & Bradley, editors, Transduction Channels in Sensory Cells, →ISBN, page 82

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Englishthermotactic
  7. Englishathermotactic

From a- + thermotactic.

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APA

athermotactic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/athermotactic

MLA

“athermotactic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/athermotactic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “athermotactic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/athermotactic.

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