1. Movement of an organism toward or away from a stimulus such as light, heat, or chemicals
   "The bacteria showed positive taxis toward the nutrient source"
    
2. The surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part
   "The doctor performed taxis to reduce the patient's hernia"

1. A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
   "They hailed a taxi to take them to the airport";
   - cab, hack [N. Amer], taxicab

Type of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, motor [Brit, informal], motorcar, op [informal], operation, reaction, response, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]

Part of: fleet

Encyclopedia: Taxis