Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trophism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trophism
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any specific form of nutrition involving the tissue of another organism

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From tropho- + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: tropho
Suffix: ism

Usage

Inflected Forms

trophisms (plural)

Derived Forms

radiotrophism

Questions

What does trophism mean?: Any specific form of nutrition involving the tissue of another organism
Where does trophism come from?: From tropho- + -ism.

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