taxis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism
  2. noun the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part
  3. noun a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
    taxi; cab; taxicab; hack.

WordNet

Tax"is noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. a division or arrangement, fr. to arrange.
Definitions
  1. (Surg.) Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it. Dunglison.

Webster 1913