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Where does “electrotropism” come from?

electrotropism (English) comes from English tropism, from French tropisme — tropism; A feeling of headrush; An unexplainable...

electrotropism (English): Growth or motion in response to an electric field

Definitions

  1. Growth or motion in response to an electric field

Ancestry of “electrotropism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtropismThe turning of an organism in response to a...
2Frenchtropismetropism; A feeling of headrush; An unexplainable...
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