tropho-

a combining form meaning “nourishment,” used in the formation of compound words: trophosome.
Also especially before a vowel, troph-.

Origin of tropho-

combining form of Greek trophḗ nourishment, food; akin to tréphein to feed, nourish

Words nearby tropho-

trophi, trophic, trophic level, trophic ulcer, trophied, tropho-, trophoblast, trophoblastic lacuna, trophoblastoma, trophoderm, trophodermatoneurosis

British Dictionary definitions for tropho-

tropho-

before a vowel troph-

combining form

indicating nourishment or nutrition trophozoite

Word Origin for tropho-

from Greek trophē food, from trephein to feed

Medical definitions for tropho-

tropho-

pref.

Nutrition; nutritive:trophoblast.