trophic
trophic definition
trophic (träf′ik)
adjective
of nutrition; having to do with the processes of nutrition
Etymology: Gr trophikos < trophē, food < trephein, to feed < IE base *dherebh-, to coagulate > Gr thrombos, a clot
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