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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Thig·mo·tax·is n.  Physiol. The property possessed by living protoplasm of contracting, and thus moving, when touched by a solid or fluid substance.
 Note: ☞ When the movement is away from the touching body, it is negative thigmotaxis; when towards it, positive thigmotaxis.
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