eutrophy

[yoo-truh-fee]

eu·tro·phy

[yoo-truh-fee]
noun
1.
Medicine/Medical. healthy or adequate nutrition or development.
2.
Ecology. the state of being eutrophic.

Origin:
1715–25; < Greek eutrophía. See eu-, tropho-, -y3
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Eutrophy is always a great word to know.
So is femur. Does it mean:
a bone in the human leg extending from the pelvis to the knee, that is the longest, largest, and strongest in the body; thighbone.
the first or innermost digit of the foot of humans and other primates or of the hind foot of other mammals; great toe; big toe.
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eutrophic (juːˈtrɒfɪk, -ˈtrəʊ-)
 
adj
Compare oligotrophic (of lakes and similar habitats) rich in organic and mineral nutrients and supporting an abundant plant life, which in the process of decaying depletes the oxygen supply for animal life
 
[C18: probably from eutrophy, from Greek eutrophia sound nutrition, from eutrophos well-fed, from eu- + trephein to nourish]
 
'eutrophy
 
n

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