Nastics is likely misspelled.
Nastics has no English definition.
As a noun tropism
is the turning of an organism in response to a stimulus, either towards or away from the stimulus.
tropism
English
Noun
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wikipedia tropism)
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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 .
Derived terms
See for compounds.
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Nastics has no English definition. It may be misspelled.
