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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek τροφικός (trophikós, “pertaining to food or nourishment”), from τροφή (trophḗ, “food”).

Suffix

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-trophic

1. Used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -trophy

Usage notes

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Frequently confused with -tropic (“turning or changing”), which is instead from Ancient Greek τροπικός (tropikós, “of or pertaining to a turn or change; or the solstice; or a trope or figure; tropic; tropical; etc.”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”).[1] Compare trophic hormone (affects growth) and tropic hormone (drives other glands) and tropho-/tropo-.

Derived terms

[edit] English terms suffixed with -trophic acetotrophic acrotrophic adenotrophic adrenotrophic amphitrophic angiotrophic arsenotrophic autotrophic axonotrophic bacteriotrophic biotrophic bitrophic cacotrophic caecotrophic carboxydotrophic cellulotrophic cephalotrophic chemioautotrophic chemolithotrophic chemoorganoheterotrophic copiotrophic cyanotrophic ectotrophic electrotrophic embryotrophic endotrophic gliotrophic gonadotrophic gonotrophic guanotrophic hematotrophic hemotrophic hepatotrophic heterotrophic histotrophic hydrogenotrophic immunotrophic intertrophic intestinotrophic lithotrophic mesotrophic methylotrophic mineratrophic mixotrophic monotrophic mucosotrophic mycotrophic myotrophic myrmecotrophic necrotrophic neurotrophic normotrophic oligotrophic ombrotrophic organotrophic orthotrophic oxalotrophic oxyphototrophic pantrophic pedotrophic peritrophic phototrophic placentotrophic planktotrophic polytrophic psychotrophic psychrotrophic radiotrophic renotrophic rheotrophic symbiotrophic telotrophic thiotrophic tritrophic uterotrophic vasculotrophic vasotrophic xylotrophic zootrophic zoötrophic

Related terms

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• -trophy

Translations

[edit] used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -trophy

Catalan: -tròfic French: -trophe (fr) Galician: -trófico German: -troph (de) Greek: -τροφικός (-trofikós) Irish: -trófach Italian: -tropico Norwegian: Bokmål: -trof Nynorsk: -trof Romanian: -trof Sicilian: -tròficu

References

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1. ^ “Trophic vs. Tropic”, Werner Steinberg, JAMA, May 3, 1952, 149(1), p. 82, doi:10.1001/jama.1952.02930180084027.

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