taxis

taxis
a) The movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
b) The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after injury.

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  • taxis — ● taxis nom masculin Manœuvre opératoire destinée à faire rentrer un organe dans la cavité qu il doit occuper. ⇒TAXIS, subst. masc. MÉD. Pression manuelle destinée à réduire, par refoulement, une hernie de l anse intestinale. (Dict. XIXe et XXe s …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • -taxis — [tak′sis] [ModL < Gr < taxis: see TAXIS] combining form 1. arrangement, order [phyllotaxis] 2. TAXIS (sense 2) [phototaxis] …   English World dictionary

  • Taxis [3] — Taxis, Familie bergamaskischer Herkunft, die, in ihrem Wappen einen schreitenden Dachs (taxus, de taxis, tasso) führend, sich bis ins 13. Jahrh. zurück verfolgen läßt; ihr gehören auch Bernardo und Torquato Tasso an. Ihr berühmtestes Glied ist… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • -taxis — tax is, n. combining form for {taxis[3]}. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Taxis [2] — Taxis, Schloß des Fürsten von Thurn u. Taxis bei Trugenhofen im Oberamte Neresheim des württembergischen Jaxtkreises, mit Park …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Taxis [3] — Taxis (Geneal.), s. Thurn u. Taxis …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Taxis — Taxis, Geschlecht, s. Thurn und Taxis …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • TAXIS — nomen Familiae in Belgio illustris, quae Turrianae Stirpis ramus est. In hac enim Franciscus, tertius filius Pagani Vicarii Imperat. Mediolani, defuncti A. C. 1241. praeliô contra Vicecomitem occisus, Guidonem filium reliquit, Mediolani feudô… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • taxis — TÁXIS s.n. (med.) Operaţie constând în a presa metodic o hernie, pentru a o face să revină în abdomen. [< fr. taxis, cf. gr. tassein – a aranja]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN …   Dicționar Român

  • táxis — |cs| s. f. 2 núm. [Cirurgia] Pressão manual para reduzir uma hérnia ou um tumor (táxis coberta é a que se efetua com instrumentos, e descoberta aquela em que apenas se faz uso das mãos) …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Taxis — Tax is, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ta xis a division or arrangement, fr. ta ssein to arrange.] 1. (Surg.) Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] 2. In technical… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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