-trophy
See also: trophy
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “food, nourishment”), from τρέφω (tréphō, “I congeal, thicken”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹə.fi/
Suffix
-trophy
- nutrition
- growth, development
Usage notes
Easily confused with -tropy (“turning; affecting”); see -trophic: Usage notes.
Derived terms
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terms derived from -trophy
- alogotrophy
- amyelotrophy
- brephotrophy
- cacotrophy
- chemoheterotrophy
- chemolithoautotrophy
- chemolithotrophy
- chemoorganotrophy
- chemotrophy
- chondrodystrophy
- cytotrophy
- epistrophy
- hemiatrophy
- hemihypertrophy
- kakotrophy
- methylotrophy
- minerotrophy
- mycotrophy
- myzotrophy
- necrotrophy
- nosotrophy
- ophthalmatrophy
- orphanotrophy
- paedotrophy
- pantatrophy
- paratrophy
- pedotrophy
- phagotrophy
- photoautotrophy
- photolithotrophy
- photoorganotrophy
- planktotrophy
- pogonotrophy
- polytrophy
- prototrophy
- zootrophy
Related terms
- -trophic