| 释义 |
troph·o·gen·ic
\|träfə|jenik\ adjective
Etymology: troph- + -genic
1. : brought about by or resulting from differences in food or feeding rather than genetically determined
< the various castes of social insects are usually held to be trophogenic in origin >
— compare blastogenic
2. also tro·phog·e·nous \trōˈfäjənəs\ [troph- + -genous] : of, relating to, or being the upper level in a lake in which inorganic matter is converted to organic through photosynthetic activity — compare tropholytic |