TROPHIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trophic mean? 

• TROPHIC (adjective)
  The adjective TROPHIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to nutrition

  Familiarity information: TROPHIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TROPHIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to nutrition

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a trophic level on the food chain

Pertainym:

nutrition ((physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance)

 Context examples 

Neurotrophins are a family of trophic factors involved in differentiation and survival of neural cells.

(Neurotrophin Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

A member of the nerve growth factor family of trophic factors.

(Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This agent also acts as an inhibitor of activator protein 1 (AP-1), a protein that mediates trophic responses and malignant transformation.

(LGD 1550, NCI Thesaurus)

It exerts trophic action on retinal, cholinergic, and dopaminergic neurons in the brain and on motor and sensory neurons in the peripheral nervous system.

(Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, NCI Thesaurus)

In the brain BDNF has a trophic action on retinal, cholinergic, and dopaminergic neurons, and in the peripheral nervous system it acts on both motor and sensory neurons.

(Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)