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Tropism vs Atropism - What's the difference?

tropism | atropism |

As nouns the difference between tropism and atropism

is that tropism is the turning of an organism in response to a stimulus, either towards or away from the stimulus while atropism is a condition of the system produced by long use of belladonna.

tropism

English

Noun

(wikipedia tropism) (en noun)
  • (biology) the turning of an organism in response to a stimulus, either towards or away from the stimulus
  • (virology) viral tropism, or which type of tissue supports a certain virus

    • Usage notes

    Distinguished from (m) in that in a taxis, the organism has (l) and moves towards or away from stimulus (e.g., bacteria, animals), while in a tropism the organism is not (l), and simply turns or grows towards or away from stimulus (e.g., plants, fungi). Similarly, (m) is distinguished as non-directional'' ''movement. In compound terms, analyzed as suffix (m), not stand-alone tropism .

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    atropism

    English

    Noun

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  • (medicine) A condition of the system produced by long use of belladonna.
    • (Webster 1913)