-trophic

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-trophic

adj combining form

Definition of -TROPHIC

1
a : of, relating to, or characterized by (such) nutrition <ectotrophic> b : requiring or utilizing (such) a kind of nutrition <heterotrophic>
2
: -tropic 2 <gonadotrophic>

Origin of -TROPHIC

New Latin -trophia -trophy

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