somatotropism
English
Etymology
somato- + -tropism
Noun
somatotropism (uncountable)
- (biology) A directive influence exercised by a mass of matter upon growing organs.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Encyc. Brit to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for somatotropism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)