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-trophic
a combining form with the meanings “having nutritional habits or requirements” of the kind specified by the initial element (autotrophic ), “affecting the activity of, maintaining” that specified (gonadotrophic ) (in this sense often interchangeable with -tropic, ); also forming adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -troph, or -trophy, (hypertrophic ).
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So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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World English Dictionary
trophic (ˈtrɒfɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| of or relating to nutrition: the trophic levels of a food chain | |
| [C19: from Greek trophikos, from trophē food, from trephein to feed] | |
| 'trophically | |
| —adv | |
| -trophy | |
| —n combining form | |
| indicating a certain type of nourishment or growth: dystrophy | |
| [from Greek -trophia, from trophē nourishment] | |
| -trophic | |
| —adj combining form | |
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Medical Dictionary
trophic troph·ic (trŏf'ĭk, trō'fĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or characterized by nutrition.
-trophic suff.
Of, relating to, or characterized by a specified kind of nutrition: organotrophic.
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Science Dictionary
trophic  (trŏf'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
Relating to the feeding habits of different organisms in a food chain or web. |
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