| ANTISTROPHIC | • antistrophic adj. (Poetry) Of or pertaining to an antistrophe. • ANTISTROPHIC adj. relating to antistrophe, the repetition of words in reverse order. |
| CATASTROPHIC | • catastrophic adj. Of or pertaining to a catastrophe. • catastrophic adj. Disastrous; ruinous. • catastrophic adj. From which recovery is impossible. |
| HYPERTROPHIC | • hypertrophic adj. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypertrophy. • HYPERTROPHIC adj. grown to an abnormal size, also HYPERTROPHICAL. |
| LUTEOTROPHIC | • luteotrophic adj. Alternative form of luteotropic. • LUTEOTROPHIC adj. acting on the corpora lutea, also LUTEOTROPIC. |
| MONOSTROPHIC | • monostrophic adj. Of or pertaining to monostrophe. • monostrophic n. A monostrophe. • MONOSTROPHIC adj. having the same strophic or stanzaic structure throughout. |
| NECROTROPHIC | • necrotrophic adj. (Biology) Describing a parasite that kills its host, then feeds on the dead matter. • NECROTROPHIC adj. of or like a necrotroph, a parasitic organism that kills the living cells of its host and then feeds on the dead material. |
| NEUROTROPHIC | • neurotrophic adj. Of or relating to neurotrophy. • NEUROTROPHIC adj. relating to the nutrition of the nervous system, or to nutritional changes influenced by the nervous system. |
| OCTASTROPHIC | • OCTASTROPHIC adj. consisting of eight strophes. |
| OLIGOTROPHIC | • oligotrophic adj. (Physiology, of a diet) deficient in nutrition (providing little nourishment). • oligotrophic adj. (Biology, of a body of water) being poor in nutrients and minerals and therefore not having an excessive… • oligotrophic adj. (Geography, of a wetland) deficient in plant nutrients, such as nitrogen or phosphorus. |
| PHOTOTROPHIC | • phototrophic adj. (Biology) That exhibits phototrophy. • PHOTOTROPHIC adj. relating to phototropism, movement directed by light. |
| PROTOTROPHIC | • prototrophic adj. (Biology) Of or pertaining to a prototroph or to prototrophy. • PROTOTROPHIC adj. of bacteria, feeding directly on uncombined elements. |
| SAPROTROPHIC | • saprotrophic adj. Of or pertaining to saprotrophs (or saprobes). • SAPROTROPHIC adj. of or like a saprotroph. |
| THYROTROPHIC | • thyrotrophic adj. That stimulates the thyroid gland. • thyrotrophic adj. Of or pertaining to thyrotropism. • THYROTROPHIC adj. exerting or characterized by a direct influence on the secretory activity of the thyroid gland, also THYROTROPIC. |