tropism的词源

英文词源

tropism (n.)

1899, "tendency of an animal or plant to turn or move in response to a stimulus," 1899, abstracted from geotropism or heliotropism, with the second element taken in an absolute sense; ultimately from Greek tropos "a turning" (see trope).

中文词源

tropism：生物的向性

希腊语 tropos,转向，旋转，-ism,主义，行为。

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