syntrophic

adjective

syn·​troph·​ic

(ˈ)sin‧¦träfik,

sən‧ˈt-

: associated or mutually dependent upon one another with reference to food supply

syntrophic cells

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary syn- + -trophic

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Rhymes for syntrophic

• catastrophic
• geostrophic
• philosophic
• pleomorphic
• ultramafic
• heterotrophic
• mafic
• strophic