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tro·pho·tro·pism (tro″fo-troґpiz-əm) [tropho- + tropism] chemotropism of an organism in response to nutritive material.Medical dictionary. 2011.
trophotropism — tro·phot·ro·pism … English syllables
trophotropism — noun an orienting response to food • Derivationally related forms: ↑trophotropic • Hypernyms: ↑tropism * * * trōˈfä.trəˌpizəm noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary troph + tropism : a chemotropism in … Useful english dictionary
trophotropic — adjective of or relating to trophotropism (Freq. 1) • Pertains to noun: ↑trophotropism • Derivationally related forms: ↑trophotropism * * * | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷.|träpik adjective Etymology: trophotropism + ic … Useful english dictionary
trophotaxis — SYN: trophotropism. [tropho + G. taxis, arrangement] * * * tro·pho·tax·is (tro″fo takґsis) [tropho + taxis] chemotaxis of an organism in response to nutritive material … Medical dictionary
trophotropic — Relating to trophotropism … Medical dictionary
trophic — a. pertaining to nutrition. ♦ trophesy, n. disease due to fault in such nerves. ♦ trophism, n. nutrition. ♦ trophogenic, a. due to differences in food. ♦ trophopathy, n. disorder of nutritional processes. ♦ trophoplasm, n.… … Dictionary of difficult words
