tropho-, troph-, -trophy, -trophs, -trophically, -trophic, -trophous

Cutaneous trophic changes due to neural involvement: Symptoms of trophodermatoneurosis can be caused by a chronic poisoning of mercury in babies and children.

The branch of medical science dealing with the forces governing nutrition: Trophodynamics involves the actions of nutrition or metabolism.

Pertaining to the form of something created as a result of feeding: A trophogenic organism results from in intake of different foods or by feeding, and not by any genetic determinants.

The determination of an insect's development by its feeding habits: Trophogeny is the condition describing the changes or the fostering in ggroth of an organism due to nutrition, or the trophic functions, like the maintenance of body organs or tissues

The science of the process by which animals and plants assimilate and utilize exogenous substances for synthesis of new tissue and production of energy: Trophology is the study of the dietary requirements of human beings and other animals in a variety of normal and pathological conditions.

1. A trophic disorder (a functional disease of a part of an organism: A case of trophoneurosis is due to the failure of nutrition from defective nerve action in the parts involved) of a part or region resulting from disease or injury to nerves enervating the area.
2. A trophic disorder, such as atrophy, hypertrophy, or a skin eruption: Trophoneurosis can occur as a consequence of disease or injury of the nerves of that part of the body.

Of, relating to, constituting, or affected by a trophoneurosis: Dr. Smart told Jenny that she had a trophoneurotic condition resulting from a nutritional failure from defective nerve activity in that affected area of her body.

An abnormality of the skin, hair, nails, subcutaneous tissues and bone: Trophoneurotic atrophy can be caused by a loss of nerve supply and by trophic influence, and not by simple disuse.

Any disease or disorder due to nutritional causes: Trophonosis can be an illness that is related to nutritional deficiencies.

The nucleus that is concerned with the nutrition of a unicellular organism: Sally read in the article that trophonucleus only involved the nutrition, but not the reproduction of the one-celled forms of life.

A nutritional disturbance or a morbid change in its process: A condition of trophopathia can result in a disorder in the nutrition of tissues.

A disease caused by nutritional deficiency: When Grace was examined by Dr. Tall, he asked about her eating habits because she had a disorder of nutritional processes termed trophopathy, which could possibly be due to a vitamin deficiency.

One of the wandering amboid nutritive cells in a sponge: Trophophores give rise to gemmules or embryos.

Trophophores have the function of supplying provisions or nutritional elements.

Referring to something from which food is obtained: Trophophoric structures, organs or organisms are those that transport nutrients or store, or supply nutrients to other organs.

Pertaining to trophophores: A trophophorous amoeboid cell is one that gives rise to gemmules in a sponge