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trophesy Path.|ˈtrɒfɪsɪ|
[irreg. f. Gr. τροϕή nourishment, with ending app. after dropsy, palsy.]
‘Defective nutrition due to disorder of the trophic nerves’ (Dorland Med. Dict. 1900–13). Hence trophesial |trəʊˈfiːʃ(ɪ)əl, -zɪəl| a., pertaining to trophesy; in quot. 1899, pertaining to nutrition: = trophic.
1883E. C. Mann Psychol. Med. 349 (Cent. Dict.) Excessive thought, with mental anxiety,..is much more exhausting, and therefore more commonly followed by trophesies. 1891Cent. Dict., Trophesial. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 408 A morbid cerebral condition impairing psychical and trophesial function. Ibid. 409 The trophesial function of the cortex. |