Meanings
taxis1
plural taxes
- countableuncountablemedicineThe manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.
Synonyms: reduction
- countablerhetoricuncountableThe arrangement of the parts of a topic.
- countableuncountablearrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
taxis2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.
Origin
taxis · noun
- Ancient Greekτάξις“arrangement, order”
- Englishtaxis
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement, order”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian реакция, наместване
- реакция (reakcija)biology: movement of an organism in response to a stimulus
- наместване (namestvane)medicine, surgery: movement of a body part; resetting
Catalan taxi
- taxibiology: movement of an organism in response to a stimulus
Chinese Mandarin 趨性 /趋性
- 趨性 /趋性 (qūxìng)biology: movement of an organism in response to a stimulus
Finnish taksia
- taksiabiology: movement of an organism in response to a stimulus
Greek τροπισμός, ανάταξη
- τροπισμός (tropismós)biology: movement of an organism in response to a stimulus
- ανάταξη (anátaxi)medicine, surgery: movement of a body part; resetting
Hungarian taxis, helyretétel
- taxisbiology: movement of an organism in response to a stimulus
- helyretételmedicine, surgery: movement of a body part; resetting
- helyre tevésmedicine, surgery: movement of a body part; resetting
Irish luadar
- luadarbiology: movement of an organism in response to a stimulus
Russian таксис, реакция
- таксис (taksis)biology: movement of an organism in response to a stimulus
- реакция (reakcija)biology: movement of an organism in response to a stimulus
Tagalog biling
- bilingbiology: movement of an organism in response to a stimulus
Turkish taksis, taktizm
- taksisbiology: movement of an organism in response to a stimulus
- taktizmbiology: movement of an organism in response to a stimulus
Cite this entry
taxis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taxis
“taxis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taxis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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