taxis

[tax·is]

A locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism

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Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it.

Noun
the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part

Noun
a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism


n.
Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it.


Taxis

Tax"is , n. [NL., fr. Gr. a division or arrangement, fr. to arrange.] (Surg.) Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it. Dunglison.

Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it.

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Usage Examples

I've worked as a labourer, driven taxis and school buses, and been a car mechanic - whatever I could do just to get by. But it does mean that I know a little bit about a lot of things.

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Other Usage Examples

When I was 15, my parents left town for a month. They hid the keys to the car, but I found them. That month, I drove my stepdad's Thunderbird Super Coupe into Manhattan every day, and I would crank Cypress Hill as I flew around the city, racing the taxis.

No nice men are good at getting taxis.

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