TROPHO-

Meaning of TROPHO- in English

■ combining form relating to nourishment: trophoblast.

Origin

from Gk trophē 'nourishment'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

TROPHO- — combining form see: troph-
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TROPHO- — combining form see troph-
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TROPHO- — a combining form meaning "nourishment," used in the formation of compound words: trophosome. Also, esp. before a vowel, troph- . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TROPHO- — see troph-
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TROPHO- — tropho- combining form ▶ with stress-neutral suffix ¦trɒf ə ʊ AmE ¦troʊf ə ¦trɑːf ə — trophoplasm ˈtrɒf ə ʊ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TROPHO- — comb. form nourishment. [Gk trophe: see TROPHIC]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TROPH — troph- [occurring in derivatives and compounds] troph-, tropho- (= nourishment)
Interlingua English vocab
TROPH- — or tropho- combining form Etymology: French, from Greek, from trophē nourishment nutritive
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
-SOME — I. _səm; when n immediately precedes, as in “winsome”, (t)səm adjective suffix Etymology: Middle English -som, from Old English -sum; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TROPH- — combining form or tropho- Etymology: French, from Greek, from trephein to nourish — more at atrophy : nutrition tropho pathy …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TROPHOZOITE — /trof'euh zoh"uyt, troh'feuh-/ , n. Zool. a protozoan in the metabolically active growth stage. [ 1905-10; TROPHO- + -ZO(ON) + …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TROPHOSOME — /trof"euh sohm', troh"feuh-/ , n. Zool. 1. an organ in deep-sea tube worms that is colonized by bacteria supplying the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TROPHOBLAST — — trophoblastic , adj. /trof"euh blast', troh"feuh-/ , n. Embryol. the layer of extraembryonic ectoderm that chiefly nourishes the embryo …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TROPHIC — — trophically , adv. /trof"ik, troh"fik/ , adj. of or pertaining to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes. [ 1870-75; trophikós …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TROPH- — var. of tropho- before a vowel: trophallaxis.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EUTROPHY — /yooh"treuh fee/ , n. 1. Med. healthy or adequate nutrition or development. 2. Ecol. the state of being eutrophic. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ATROPHY — — atrophic /euh trof"ik, euh troh"fik/ , adj. /a"treuh fee/ , n. , v. , atrophied, atrophying . n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TROPH- — or tropho- Etymology: French, from Greek, from trophē nourishment : nutritive tropho blast
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TROPH- — [troph-] or tropho- comb form [F, fr. Gk, fr. trophe nourishment]: nutritive "trophoblast"
Merriam-Webster English vocab

Concise Oxford English vocab

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