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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Trophic

· Troph·ic · IPA /ˈtɹɑfɪk/
01 a. Of or connected with nutrition; nitritional; nourishing; as, the so-called trophic nerves, which have a direct influence on nutrition.
  1. 1.
    Of or connected with nutrition; nitritional; nourishing; as, the so-called trophic nerves, which have a direct influence on nutrition.(Physiol.)