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Heterotroph

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• Heterotrophic

  [het-er-uh-trof-ik, -troh-fik] /ˌhɛt ər əˈtrɒf ɪk, -ˈtroʊ fɪk/ adjective, Biology. 1. capable of utilizing only organic materials as a source of food. /ˌhɛtərəʊˈtrɒfɪk/ adjective 1. (of organisms, such as animals) obtaining carbon for growth and energy from complex organic compounds Compare autotrophic heterotroph (hět’ər-ə-trŏf’) An organism that cannot manufacture its own food and instead obtains […]

• Heterotrophs

  [het-er-uh-trof, -trohf] /ˈhɛt ər əˌtrɒf, -ˌtroʊf/ noun 1. Biology. an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food. n. 1900, from hetero- + Greek trophos “feeder” (see -trophy). Related: Heterotrophic (1893). 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. […]

• Heterotropia

  heterotropia het·er·o·tro·pi·a (hět’ə-rō-trō’pē-ə) n. See strabismus.

• Heterotypic

  [het-er-uh-tip-ik] /ˌhɛt ər əˈtɪp ɪk/ adjective, Biology. 1. of or relating to the first or reductional division in meiosis. /ˌhɛtərəʊˈtɪpɪk/ adjective 1. denoting or relating to the first nuclear division of meiosis, in which the chromosome number is halved Compare homeotypic heterotypic het·er·o·typ·ic (hět’ə-rō-tĭp’ĭk) or het·er·o·typ·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj. Of a different or unusual type or […]

• Heterotypical chromosome

  heterotypical chromosome n. See allosome.

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