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trophic

/trof-ik, troh-fik/US // ˈtrɒf ɪk, ˈtroʊ fɪk //UK // (ˈtrɒfɪk) //

营养性的,营养型,营养型的,营养性

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.

Examples

  • Yellowstone is the archetypal example of trophic cascades and landscapes of fear.

  • It is possible that the reflected impulse stimulates trophic nerves.

  • There is also a trophic differentiation, the fibres undertaking special functions of nutrition (the conduction of the sap).

  • Certain cells of the anterior part of the spinal cord, for example, are the trophic centres of the spinal motor nerves.

  • Other trophic centres, governing nerve tracts in the spinal cord itself, are in the various regions of the brain.

  • Referring again to Fig. 51, it is observable that trophic changes affected the system at the age of birth.