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troph⋅ic

  [trof-ik, troh-fik]
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–adjective
of or pertaining to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
Origin:
1870–75; < Gk trophikós pertaining to food. See tropho-, -ic

Related forms:
troph⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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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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troph·ic   (trŏf'ĭk, trō'fĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to nutrition.

  2. Ecology Of or involving the feeding habits or food relationship of different organisms in a food chain.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tro·phic
Pronunciation: 'trO-fik
Function: adjective
1 : of or relating to nutrition : NUTRITIONAL <trophic disorders>
2 : TROPIC —tro·phi·cal·ly /-fi-k(&-)lE/ adverb
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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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trophic   (trŏf'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to the feeding habits of different organisms in a food chain or web.
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