I don’t see how tropism is connected to suffering. allqsallthetime Says. From Wordnik.com. [“But it’s not like I, ya know, eat them.”] Reference
Such a turning in response to a stimulus is called a tropism (troh'pizm; "turning" G). From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
A profound study of the motions of the Infusoria and a very penetrating criticism of the idea of tropism have been made recently by. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution créatrice. English] Reference
This 'tropism' has been classically exhibited in the events surrounding the recent and intensely upsetting Flotilla incidents. From Wordnik.com. [Qanta Ahmed, MD: Israel and the Flotilla: On the Dangers of a Binary View] Reference
The use of CCR5, CXCR4 or both co-receptors defines the "tropism" of the virus strain. From Wordnik.com. [BNET Articles] Reference
Laziness and sloppiness and insider access-tropism. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Oh, Poor You] Reference
That she had a tropism toward important or powerful men?. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: What Was Your YK Experience?] Reference
All the same, I like tropism in preference to the thing-property view. From Wordnik.com. [Tropes] Reference
When they were not about, its tropism was weak and it went where it would. From Wordnik.com. [Destiny's Road]
One man's tropism is another man's (woman's) execrated folly, and so it goes. From Wordnik.com. [Tropes] Reference
I understand, Dr. King-you were compelled by the 'truth-tropism' of the scientist. From Wordnik.com. [The Past Through Tomorrow]
The Dems held the House for 40 years; the political tropism of the CNM seems clear. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Zombie Journalism Moves to MSNBC] Reference
DFW was indeed talented, but his style has a tropism, hypertropism really, to the awkward. From Wordnik.com. [Led astray by the no-split-infinitives fetish « Motivated Grammar] Reference
Their response was the usual scientific tropism -- "Geologists say that they are crystals.". From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
Re: HALO DER, DISJOINTED WALL OF TEXT AHOY - tropism - May. 8th, 2010 06: 50 pm (UTC) Expand. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Is Angry On the Internet] Reference
It's the same old disregard, or it's the same old psycho-tropism, or process of assimilation. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
Classical tropism, the trope-cluster theory, would seem to hold the greatest promise of economy. From Wordnik.com. [Tropes] Reference
Bill Clinton has a tropism for the faintly corrupt, and his wife has more than a tropism for him. From Wordnik.com. [Horses Mouth] Reference
Nevertheless this is the psycho-tropism of science to all "thunderstones" said to have fallen luminously. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
Her tropism for community aspects of life led her to depict such subjects as weddings and synagogue services. From Wordnik.com. [Theresa Bernstein.] Reference
It may be wondered if the move to kernel tropism in qualiton-bundle and sheaf theory is absolutely necessary. From Wordnik.com. [Tropes] Reference
Another tropism I've never quite grasped...that Malone, for example, is much better-looking without her glasses. From Wordnik.com. [Beautiful Babes in The Big Sleep] Reference
Ontological theories thus based on primitive unstructured tropes may be called versions of tropism or trope theory. From Wordnik.com. [Tropes] Reference
“It is a tropism; the fiber reacts to any heat source other than the sun by pointing toward it and growing fast.”. From Wordnik.com. [USURPER OF THE SUN - NOJIRI « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science.] Reference
Card has spoken in interviews about his tropism for the story of the person who sacrifices himself for the community. From Wordnik.com. [Godwinslawocide « Gerry Canavan] Reference
Mr. Obama reveals many things in his books, speeches and interviews but polarity and a tropism toward the extreme are not among them. From Wordnik.com. [Loyal to the Bitterness] Reference
For one thing, a tropism involves the movement of only a portion of an organism " such as the root or the stem " whereas an animal is likely to move as a whole. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
Finally, there is the possibility of combining tropism with a full thing-property view, provided the tropes thereby countenanced are propositional in Chrudzimski's sense. From Wordnik.com. [Tropes] Reference
Importantly, MSC possess an innate tropism for injured tissue. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
"No change in tropism for maraviroc-treated individuals was observed either.". From Wordnik.com. [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference
A tropism for unity is an essential part of his character and of his campaign. From Wordnik.com. [ENCYCLOPEDIA HANASIANA] Reference
"Dengue virus type 2: replication and tropism in orally infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes". From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
As a type of human behavior it may be explained, like the attraction of the flame for the moth, as a sort of tropism. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Science of Sociology] Reference
Our data demonstrate that factors in addition to the amount of PrP expressed determine the tropism of prions for certain tissues. From Wordnik.com. Reference
If you are using normal plugs (lamps for work with tropism or hydroponics), you must have your parents approve of the area and the design. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
McLachlan A (2001) Transcriptional regulation of hepatitis B virus by nuclear hormone receptors is a critical determinant of viral tropism. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
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