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Trophic — can refer to: * Trophic level * Trophic egg * Trophic hormone … Wikipedia
Trophic — Troph ic, a. [Gr. ? nursing. See {Trophi}.] (Physiol.) Of or connected with nutrition; nitritional; nourishing; as, the so called trophic nerves, which have a direct influence on nutrition. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trophic — (adj.) 1873, from Gk. trophikos, from trophe nourishment (see TROPHY (Cf. trophy)) … Etymology dictionary
-trophic — [träf′ik, trō′fik] combining form forming adjectives of or relating to a (specified) kind of nutrition … English World dictionary
trophic — [träf′ik] adj. [Gr trophikos < trophē, food < trephein, to feed < IE base * dherebh , to coagulate > Gr thrombos, a clot] of nutrition; having to do with the processes of nutrition … English World dictionary
trophic — 1. Relating to or dependent upon nutrition. 2. Resulting from interruption of nerve supply. [G. trophe, nourishment] * * * tro·phic trō fik adj 1) of or relating to nutrition: NUTRITIONAL <trophic disorders> 2) TROPIC 3) promoting cellular… … Medical dictionary
trophic — adjective Etymology: French trophique, from Greek trophikos, from trophē nourishment, from trephein to nourish Date: 1873 1. of or relating to nutrition ; nutritional < trophic disorders > 2. tropic III • trophically adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
-trophic — aff. a combining form with the meanings “deriving nourishment” from the source or in the manner specified (autotrophic; eutrophic), “affecting the activity of, maintaining” that specified (thyrotrophic) (in this sense often interchangeable with… … From formal English to slang
trophic — troph•ic [[t]ˈtrɒf ɪk, ˈtroʊ fɪk[/t]] adj. nut of or pertaining to nutrition; involving nutritive processes: a trophic disease[/ex] • Etymology: 1870–75; < Gk trophikós pertaining to food. See tropho , ic troph′i•cal•ly, adv … From formal English to slang
trophic — adj. of or concerned with nutrition (trophic nerves). Etymology: Gk trophikos f. trophe nourishment f. trepho nourish … Useful english dictionary
