'Somatotropism' definitions:
Definition of 'Somatotropism'
From: GCIDE
- Somatotropism \So`ma*tot"ro*pism\, n. [Gr. sw^ma, sw`matos, the body + tre`pein to turn.] (Physiol.) A directive influence exercised by a mass of matter upon growing organs. --Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster] Somber