Word Study
trophic
CIDE DICTIONARY
trophic, a. [Gr. nursing. See Trophi.].
Of or connected with nutrition; nitritional; nourishing; as, the so-called trophic nerves, which have a direct influence on nutrition. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
trophic, adj. of or concerned with nutrition (trophic nerves).
Etymology
Gk trophikos f. trophe nourishment f. trepho nourish
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