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sa·proph·i·lous sa-'präf-ə-ləs adj SAPROPHYTIC specif thriving in decaying matter <\saprophilous bacteria>* * *
sa·proph·i·lous (sə-profґĭ-ləs) [sapro- + -phil + -ous] saprophytic.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
saprophilous
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saprophilous — sa·proph·i·lous … English syllables
saprophilous — Living in rotting waste … Grandiloquent dictionary
saprophilous — … Useful english dictionary
rotting — Synonyms and related words: bad, cankered, carious, corrupt, decayed, decomposed, festering, foul, gangrened, gangrenous, gone bad, mortified, necrosed, necrotic, peccant, putrefacient, putrefactive, putrefied, putrescent, putrid, rotten,… … Moby Thesaurus
saprophytic — Synonyms and related words: accompanying, accordant, agreeing, associate, associated, at one with, coacting, coactive, coadunate, coincident, collaborative, collective, collusive, combined, combining, concerted, concomitant, concordant,… … Moby Thesaurus
septic — Synonyms and related words: bad, bad for, cankered, contaminated, diseased, foul, gangrened, gangrenous, harmful, infected, injurious, insalubrious, insanitary, morbid, morbific, mortified, noisome, noxious, pathogenic, pathological, peccant,… … Moby Thesaurus
saprophagous — a. feeding on decaying matter. ♦ saprophilous, a. flourishing in decaying matter … Dictionary of difficult words
saprophile — n. a bacterium inhabiting putrid matter. Derivatives: saprophilous adj … Useful english dictionary
