pism
51КОЛЛОНТАЙ Гуго — (Kołłątaj), (1 апр. 1750 – 28 февр. 1812) – польский обществ. деятель и мыслитель материалист. Род. в мелкошляхетской семье. Окончил Краковский ун т, получив звание д ра философии (1768); в Риме в 1770 защитил диссертацию на звание д ра права и… …
52Priapism — Abnormally persistent erection of the penis in the absence of sexual desire. Priapism can occur in persons with sickle cell anemia. Named after Priapus, the Greek and Roman god of procreation, whose nude statues were placed in fields as… …
53chronotropism — Modification of the rate of a periodic movement, e.g., the heartbeat, through some external influence. [chrono + G. trope, turn, change] negative c. retardation of movement …
54electrotropism — SYN: electrotaxis. [electro + G. trope, a turning] * * * elec·trot·ro·pism i lek trä trə .piz əm n bodily orientation in relation to an electric current: GALVANOTROPISM * * * elec·trot·ro·pism (e″lek trotґro piz əm) [electro + tropism] …
55geotropism — SYN: geotaxis. [geo + G. trope, a turning] * * * ge·ot·ro·pism jē ä trə .piz əm n a tropism in which gravity is the orienting factor * * * ge·ot·ro·pism (je otґro piz əm) [geo + tropism] tropism in an organism in response to gravitational… …
56heliotropism — SYN: heliotaxis. [helio + G. trope, a turning] * * * he·li·ot·ro·pism .hē lē ä trə .piz əm n phototropism in which sunlight is the orienting stimulus he·lio·tro·pic lē ə trōp ik, träp adj * * * he·li·ot·ro·pism (he″le otґro piz əm)… …
57hydrotropism — The property in growing organisms of turning toward a moist surface (positive h.) or away from a moist surface (negative h.). [hydro + G. tropos, a turning] * * * hy·dro·tro·pism hī drä trə .piz əm; .hī drə trō .piz əm, trä n a tropism in which… …
58metopism — Persistence of the frontal suture in the adult. [G. metopon, forehead] * * * met·o·pism met ə .piz əm n the condition of having a persistent metopic suture * * * met·o·pism (metґo piz″əm) the persistence of the frontal suture …
59organotropism — The special affinity of particular drugs, pathogens, or metastatic tumors for particular organs or their component parts. Cf.:parasitotropism. SYN: organotropy. [organo + G. trope, a turning] * * * or·gan·o·tro·pism trō .piz əm n the quality or… …
60phototropism — Movement of a part of an organism toward (positive p.) or away from (negative p.) the stimulus of light. Cf.:phototaxis. [photo + G. trope, a turning] * * * pho·tot·ro·pism fō tä trə .piz əm, .fōt ō trō .piz əm n a tropism in which light is the… …
