tax'is

[G, arrangement, order.] i. Reduction of a hernia or of a dislocation of any part by means of manipulation. Systematic cla ification or orderly arrangement. 3. Tropism, the reaction of protoplasm to a stimulus, by virtue of which • animals and plants are led to move or act in certain definite ways in relation to their environment; the various kinds of taxis are designated by prefixing a word noting the stimulus governing them; see chemotaxis, electro tax is, thermotaxis, etc. A taxis is positive when the body is attracted toward the stimulus, negative when it is repelled by it. bipo'lar t., the reposition of a retroverted uterus by making traction on the cervix in the vagina, and pushing up the fundus by the finger in the rectum.