| HETEROTROPH | • heterotroph n. (Ecology) An organism which requires an external supply of energy in the form of food as it cannot synthesize its own. • HETEROTROPH n. a secondary feeder eating plants or other animals. |
| HETEROTROPHIC | • heterotrophic adj. Being a heterotroph. • HETEROTROPHIC adj. dependent on external sources of organic nutrients. |
| HETEROTROPHIES | • heterotrophies n. Plural of heterotrophy. • HETEROTROPHY n. the state of being a heterotroph, a secondary feeder eating plants or other animals. |
| HETEROTROPHS | • heterotrophs n. Plural of heterotroph. • HETEROTROPH n. a secondary feeder eating plants or other animals. |
| HETEROTROPHY | • heterotrophy n. The state of being a heterotroph. • HETEROTROPHY n. the state of being a heterotroph, a secondary feeder eating plants or other animals. |
| NECROTROPH | • necrotroph n. A parasitoid that ultimately kills its host. • NECROTROPH n. a parasitic organism that kills the living cells of its host and then feeds on the dead material. |
| 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. |
| NECROTROPHS | • necrotrophs n. Plural of necrotroph. • NECROTROPH n. 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. |
| NEUROTROPHIES | • NEUROTROPHY n. nutrition of the nervous system; the influence of the nervous system on nutrition. |
| NEUROTROPHY | • neurotrophy n. (Biology) The nutrition and metabolism of tissues regulated by nerves. • NEUROTROPHY n. nutrition of the nervous system; the influence of the nervous system on nutrition. |
| SAPROTROPH | • saprotroph n. An organism that lives off dead or decaying organic material by secreting enzymes into it and then absorbing… • SAPROTROPH n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROBIONT. |
| SAPROTROPHIC | • saprotrophic adj. Of or pertaining to saprotrophs (or saprobes). • SAPROTROPHIC adj. of or like a saprotroph. |
| SAPROTROPHS | • saprotrophs n. Plural of saprotroph. • SAPROTROPH n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROBIONT. |
| 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. |
| THYROTROPHIN | • thyrotrophin n. Alternative form of thyrotropin. • THYROTROPHIN n. a hormone, produced in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, which stimulates the thyroid, also THYROTROPIN. |
| THYROTROPHINS | • thyrotrophins n. Plural of thyrotrophin. • THYROTROPHIN n. a hormone, produced in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, which stimulates the thyroid, also THYROTROPIN. |