Trophic

[trɒfik]

Definition

(adj.) of or relating to nutrition; 'a trophic level on the food chain' .

Edited by Harold--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Of or connected with nutrition; nitritional; nourishing; as, the so-called trophic nerves, which have a direct influence on nutrition.

Typist: Vivienne

Definition

adj. pertaining to nutrition and its processes.—adj. Trophē′sial.—n. Troph′esy deranged nutrition owing to disorder of the motor nerve force pertaining to the nutritive function.—n.pl. Trō′phi the mouth-parts of an insect—labium labrum maxill? mandibles lingua: the teeth of the pharynx of a rotifer.

Editor: Wilma