-trophy

/tɹə.fi/

Etymology From Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “food, nourishment”), from τρέφω (tréphō, “I congeal, thicken”).

Derived terms

26 terms

alogotrophy, amyelotrophy, brephotrophy, chemoheterotrophy, chemolithoautotrophy, chemoorganotrophy, chondrodystrophy, cytotrophy, epistrophy, hemiatrophy, hemihypertrophy, kakotrophy, methylotrophy, minerotrophy, myzotrophy, ophthalmatrophy, orphanotrophy, paedotrophy, pantatrophy, paratrophy, phagotrophy, photoautotrophy, photolithotrophy, photoorganotrophy, prototrophy, zootrophy

Related terms

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