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What is a tropism?

What is a tropism? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biology) the turning of an organism in response to a stimulus, either towards or away from the stimulus
  2. (virology) viral tropism, or which type of tissue supports a certain virus
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Pfizer purchases the tropism test from this company and offers it to all patients who may be considering this drug.
Secondly, it observed tropism, which prompts tsetse flies to attack the ends of the members on cattle.
The long term incidence of viral resistance to maraviroc and emergence of CXCR4 tropism or dual tropism is unknown.
An envelope glycoprotein on the surface is thought to be responsible for mediating viral entry into cells, tissue tropism, and host range.
Still, Cuccinelli has shown his own tropism toward the kindness of strangers.
The object of the tropism is to keep the males and females in the nest until swarming time, and then to get them out.

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