-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).
-trophic suff.
of, relating to, or characterized by a specified kind of nutrition: organotrophic.
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a combining form used in the formation of nouns with the general senses “nourishment, feeding” (mycotrophy), “growth” (hypertrophy); also forming abstract nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -trophic. -trophy combining form indicating a certain type of nourishment or growth dystrophy derived forms -trophic, combining_form:in_adjective word origin from greek -trophia, from trophē nourishment -trophy comb. form […]
- -tropic
a combining form with the meanings “turned toward, with an orientation toward” that specified by the initial element (geotropic), “having an affinity for, affecting” what is specified (lipotropic; neurotropic; psychotropic), “affecting the activity of, maintaining” a specified organ (gonadotropic). compare -trophic. -tropic combining form turning or developing in response to a certain stimulus heliotropic word […]
- -tropism
variant of -tropy. -tropism combining form indicating a tendency to turn or develop in response to a certain stimulus phototropism word origin from greek tropos a turn -tropism suff. tropism: stereotropism.
- -tropous
a combining form meaning “turned, curved” in the direction specified by the initial element: anatropous. -tropous combining form indicating a turning away anatropous word origin from greek -tropos concerning a turn
- -tropy
a combining form occurring in abstract nouns that correspond to adjectives ending in -tropic, or -tropous: neurotropy. also, -tropism. -tropism combining form indicating a tendency to turn or develop in response to a certain stimulus phototropism word origin from greek tropos a turn -tropy suff. the state of turning in a specified way or from […]