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heterotroph

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het⋅er⋅o⋅troph

  [het-er-uh-trof, -trohf]
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–noun
Biology. an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food.
Compare autotroph.

Origin:
1895–1900; hetero- + -troph
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het·er·o·troph   (hět'ər-ə-trŏf', -trōf')   
n.  An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition.

[hetero- + Greek trophos, feeder; see -trophy.]
het'er·o·troph'ic (hět'ər-ə-trŏf'ĭk, -trōf'-) adj., het'er·o·troph'i·cal·ly adv., het'er·ot'ro·phy (-ə-rŏt'rə-fē) n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: het·ero·troph
Pronunciation: 'het-&-r&-"trOf, -"träf
Function: noun
: a heterotrophic individual
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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heterotroph het·er·o·troph (hět'ər-ə-trŏf', -trōf')
n.
An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent upon complex organic substances for nutrition.

het'er·o·troph'ic (-trŏf'ĭk, -trō'fĭk) adj.
het'er·ot'ro·phy (-ə-rŏt'rə-fē) n.

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