#tropism an involuntary orienting response; positive or negative reaction to a stimulus source
supertype: #reaction.bodily_process__response a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"
subtype: #ergotropism an affinity for work
subtype: #geotropism an orienting response to gravity
subtype: #heliotropism an orienting response to the sun
subtype: #meteortropism an effect of climate on biological processes (as the effect on joint pains etc.)
subtype: #neurotropism an affinity for neural tissues
subtype: #phototropism an orienting response to light
subtype: #trophotropism an orienting response to food
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