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trophic
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"of or pertaining to nutrition, food, or nourishment," 1856, from Greek trophikos , from trophe "nourishment, food" (see -trophy ).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to nutrition; "a trophic level on the food chain"
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trophic \Troph"ic\, a. [Gr. ? nursing. See Trophi .] (Physiol.) Of or connected with nutrition; nitritional; nourishing; as, the so-called trophic nerves, which have a direct influence on nutrition.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to nutrition 2 (context ecology English) Describing the relationships between the feeding habits of organisms in a food chain 3 (context physiology English) Of or pertaining to growth
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Trophic , from Ancient Greek τροφικός ( trophikos ) "pertaining to food or nourishment", may refer to: In ecology : Trophic cascade Trophic dynamics Trophic egg Trophic level Trophic level index Trophic mutualism Trophic network Trophic pyramid Trophic ...
Usage examples of trophic.
This makes the cause, according to Eyles, an inflammatory and trophic phenomenon due mainly to changes following pressure on the vasomotor nerves.
Purves, D Body and Brain: A trophic theory of neural connections, Harvard University Press, 1988.
In this connection it is interesting to notice a case of what might be called acute symptomatic transitory pseudoacromegaly, reported by Potovski: In an insane woman, and without ascertainable cause, there appeared an enlargement of the ankles, wrists, and shoulders, and later of the muscles, with superficial trophic disturbances that gradually disappeared.
According to Crocker in some cases they can be shown to be a part of trophic changes.