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
- : 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.
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