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Trophic vs Tropin - What's the difference?

trophic | tropin |

As an adjective trophic

is of or pertaining to nutrition.

As a noun tropin is

any of the tropic hormones; one that is secreted by an endocrine gland and targets another such gland.

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

    tropin

    English

    Noun

    (tropins)
  • (biology) any of the tropic hormones; one that is secreted by an endocrine gland and targets another such gland