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Definition of trophic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

trophic

adjective
 
/ˈtrəʊfɪk/,
 
/ˈtrɒfɪk/
 
/ˈtrəʊfɪk/
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  1. relating to feeding, and to the food necessary for growth
  2. (of a hormone or its effect) causing the release of another hormone or other substance into the blood
    3. Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Greek trophikos, from trophē ‘nourishment’, from trephein ‘nourish’.
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