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

1. A subnormal development: Hypotrophy can also be described as the incomplete growth of a part of an organism.
2. Progressive degeneration of an organ or tissue caused by loss of cells: Carol has a case of hypotrophy, called macula degeneration, which results in a decrease of eye sight.
3. A bad condition of health caused by faulty nutrition: Hypotrophy is a wasting that is often the result of recent nutritional deficiencies.

Introspective; inward-looking: Mary wanted to be by herself and meditate in peace, and her parents thought that she was an idiotrophic and introverted girl who wanted to be alone.

The situation of possessing an attraction for lipids: Sharon learned about lipoatrophia that was important for preventing or also for correcting the state of excessive increase of fat in a person's liver.

Loss of subcutaneous fat: The condition of lipoatrophy may be total, congenital, and associated with hepatomegaly, excessive bone growth, and insulin-resistant diabetes.

Any disturbance of fat metabolism; an abnormal or degenerative disorder of the body's adipose tissue: Lipodystrophy can be intestinal lipodystrophy, a rare disease of uncertain etiology, chiefly of middle-aged men, presenting with joint pains, steatorrhea, wasting, and lymph node enlargement. .

lipodystrophy refers to a group of conditions due to defective metabolism of fat, resulting in the absence of subcutaneous fat, that may be congenital or acquired and partial or total.

An organism whose carbon needs are satisfied by carbon dioxide: An example of lithotrophs is the condition of chemolithotrophic bacteria in giant tube worms;

Pertaining to something that promots the yellow accumulation of cells that is created from an ovarian follicle A luteotropic process stimulates action on the development and function of the corpus luteum.

The process of transportation of nutrients from the lymph to the tissues: Lymphotrophy is the system of carrying nourishment of the tissues by lymph into parts devoid of blood vessels:

An acidophilic cell of the adenohypophysis that produces prolactin: In medical school, Susan learned about the cell mammotroph that produced prolactin as a reaction to certain hormones.

Descriptive of the stimulation of the growth of the mammoary glands: mammotropic: A mammotropic activation has an effect upon the development, growth, or function of the mammary glands.

Outdated, a shrinkage of the breasts: A condition of mastatrophy often occurs after menopause in women.

An organism that requires complex organic sources of carbon and nitrogen for growth: A metatroph is a form of life that needs dead organic matter for food.

Referring to sustenance from dead organic substances: A metatrophic ability for an organism is to undertake anabolism or to obtain nourishment from varied sources, i.e., both nitrogenous and carbonaceous organic matter.

Uterine atrophy; a degeneration of the uterus: A condition of metratrophy can lead to a decrease in the function and size of the uterus, and therefore causing disorders like abnormal bleeding and pelvic suffering.

Protozoans; such as, ciliates and flagellates: In the various oligotrophic waters in which stromatolites exist, the microheterotrophes are reliant on the photosynthetic community as a main source of organic matter. Therefore, autotrophic production indirectly controls microbially mediated precipitation and stromatolite formation in these shallow marine environments.