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trophic center (s) (noun), trophic centers (pl)
A part of a cell or of part of the nervous system that is essential for the nutrition, growth and maintenance of an organism: The trophic center is any part of the central nervous system whose proper functioning is thought to be necessary for the nutrition, growth, or maintenance of a peripheral part of the body; such as, the parietal lobe for the development of the muscles of an extremity.
This entry is located in the following units: centro-, centr-, centri-, kentro- (page 9) tropho-, troph-, -trophy, -trophs, -trophically, -trophic, -trophous (page 10)