Medical Dictionary

holophytic

adj ho·lo·phyt·ic \-ˈfit-ik\

Medical Definition of HOLOPHYTIC

:  obtaining food after the manner of a green plant :  photoautotrophic <holophytic protozoans>—compare holozoic

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