-tropy


-tropy

noun combining form

Definition of -TROPY

1
: condition of exhibiting (such) a behavior <allotropy>
2
: change in a (specified) way or in response to a (specified) stimulus <thixotropy>

Origin of -TROPY

French -tropie, from Greek -tropia, from -tropos

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