tropholytic
/ˌtrɒfəˈlɪtɪk/ /ˌtrəʊfəˈlɪtɪk/adjective
Ecology. Of a layer or zone of standing water, especially in a lake: characterized by the consumption or decomposition of organic nutrients and oxygen produced by photosynthesis.
Origin
Early 20th century (in an earlier sense). From tropho- + -lytic, after German tropholytisch.
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- propylacetylene
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- propyl alcohol
- propyl aldehyde
- propylamine
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- propylene
- propylene glycol
- propyleneimine
- propylenimine
- propylic
- propylic acid
- propylic alcohol
- propylidene
- propylite
- propylitic
- propylitisation
- propylitization
- propylon
- propylthiouracil
- propyne
- proquaestor
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