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Trophic vs Atrophic - What's the difference?

trophic | atrophic |

Atrophic is a related term of trophic.



As adjectives the difference between trophic and atrophic

is that trophic is of or pertaining to nutrition while atrophic is of, pertaining to, or arising from atrophy.

trophic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to nutrition
  • (ecology) Describing the relationships between the feeding habits of organisms in a food chain
  • (physiology) Of or pertaining to growth

    • Usage notes

    In physiological sense, not to be confused with similar-sounding – the words and concepts are unrelated.“ Trophic vs. Tropic”, Werner Steinberg, JAMA, May 3, 1952, 149(1), p. 82, doi:10.1001/jama.1952.02930180084027.

    Derived terms

    *trophic cascade theory *trophic ecology *trophic egg *trophic level *trophic ulcer

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l)

    References

    atrophic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or arising from atrophy

    • Derived terms

    * atrophically * atrophic vaginitis

    Related terms

    * (l)