| ABIOTROPHIC | • abiotrophic adj. (Medicine) Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ… • ABIOTROPHIC adj. relating to abiotrophy, bodily or mental loss of function or degeneration for reasons unknown. |
| AMYOTROPHIC | • amyotrophic adj. (Medicine) Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles). • AMYOTROPHIC adj. relating to amyotrophy, atrophy of the muscles. |
| APOSTROPHIC | • apostrophic adj. (Rhetoric) Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue). • apostrophic adj. (Orthography) Pertaining to the grammatical use of, or using, the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ’). • APOSTROPHIC adj. relating to apostrophe. |
| AUTOTROPHIC | • autotrophic adj. (Biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using… • AUTOTROPHIC adj. capable of building up food materials from inorganic matter. |
| AUXOTROPHIC | • auxotrophic adj. (Biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent… • AUXOTROPHIC adj. requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism. |
| DIASTROPHIC | • diastrophic adj. Relating to diastrophism. • DIASTROPHIC adj. relating to diastrophism. |
| ECTOTROPHIC | • ectotrophic adj. (Biology, of a parasite) That obtains nourishment from outside of its host. • ECTOTROPHIC adj. growing in a close web on the surface of the associated root. |
| ENDOTROPHIC | • endotrophic adj. (Biology, of some parasitic fungi) obtaining nourishment from within another organism. • ENDOTROPHIC adj. penetrating into the associated root and ramifying between the cells. |
| GEOSTROPHIC | • geostrophic adj. (Meteorology) Relating to the balance, in the atmosphere, between the horizontal Coriolis forces and… • geostrophic adj. (Meteorology) Relating to or arising from the deflective force exerted on the atmosphere due to the… • GEOSTROPHIC adj. relating to deflection due to effects of Earth's rotation. |
| MESOTROPHIC | • mesotrophic adj. (Geography, of a body of water) providing intermediate (right) level of nutrients and minerals, nor… • mesotrophic adj. (Biology) describing organisms that inhabit such water. • MESOTROPHIC adj. having a moderate amount of dissolved nutrients. |
| MIXOTROPHIC | • mixotrophic adj. Of or pertaining to mixotrophy or mixotrophs. • MIXOTROPHIC adj. combining different modes of nutrition. |
| MYCOTROPHIC | • mycotrophic adj. (Botany) Describing any plant that obtains (all or some of) its nutrients through symbiosis with fungi. • MYCOTROPHIC adj. of a plant, living in symbiosis with a fungus. |
| POLYTROPHIC | • polytrophic adj. (Biology) Of bacteria etc.: feeding on multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way. • polytrophic adj. (Biology, of an insect) Having a nutritive cell attached to each egg in the ovary. • polytrophic adj. (Of a lake) Rich in nutrients. |
| TROPHICALLY | • trophically adv. In a trophic manner. • trophically adv. With regard to nutrition. • TROPHIC adv. pertaining to nutrition. |