kinesis

kinesis
/ki nee"sis, kuy-/, n. Physiol.
the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus, as light.
[1900-05; < Gk kínesis movement, equiv. to kine-, verbid s. of kineîn to move + -sis -SIS]

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