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tropho-

a combining form meaning “nourishment,” used in the formation of compound words: trophosome.
Also, especially before a vowel, troph-.


Origin:
comb. form of Gk troph nourishment, food; akin to tréphein to feed, nourish
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troph-  
pref.  Variant of tropho-.
tropho- or troph-  
pref.  Nutrition; nutritive: trophoblast.

[Greek, from trophē, from trephein, to nourish.]
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tropho- or troph-
pref.
Nutrition; nutritive: trophoblast.

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