-trophy

noun combining form

Definition of -TROPHY

: nutrition : nurture : growth <dystrophy>

New Latin -trophia, from Greek, from -trophos nourishing, from trephein

Medical Dictionary

noun combining form -tro·phy \trə-fē\

plural -tro·phies

: nutrition : nurture : growth <hypotrophy>

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