-TROPIC


Meaning of -TROPIC in English

■ combining form

1》 turning towards: heliotropic.

2》 affecting: psychotropic.

3》 (especially in names of hormones) equivalent to -trophic .

Origin

from Gk tropē 'turn, turning'.

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