Taxis \Tax"is\, n. In technical uses, as in architecture, biology, grammar, etc., arrangement; order; ordonnance.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Taxis \Tax"is\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ta`xis a division or arrangement, fr. ta`ssein to arrange.]

(Surg.) Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it. --Dunglison.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)