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- noun biology The
growth of anorganism either towards, or away from a region of higheroxygen content.
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Formed as aero- + -tropism after the German Aërotropismus.
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hernesheir commented on the word aerotropism
A physical response in the growth direction of a plant due to changes in oxygen tension.
May 2, 2010