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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • suffix Of, relating to, or characterized by a specified kind of nutrition or sustenance.
  • suffix Maintaining the function of or regulating a specified gland or type of tissue.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From trophic. Sense 2, influenced by –tropic.]

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