-trophy

suff.

Nutrition; growth: hypertrophy.

[Greek -trophiā, from trophē, from trephein, to nourish.]

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-trophy

n combining form

indicating a certain type of nourishment or growth: dystrophy.

[from Greek -trophia, from trophē nourishment]

-trophic adj combining form

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tro•phy

(ˈtroʊ fi)

n., pl. -phies.

1. anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., esp. when preserved as a memento.

2. anything won or awarded as a token or evidence of victory, valor, skill, etc.: athletic trophies.

3. a carving, painting, or other representation of objects associated with victory or achievement.

4. (in ancient Greece and Rome) a memorial to a military victory, orig. captured armor and weapons hung at the site of a rout.

[1505–15; earlier trophe < French trophée < Latin trop(h)aeum < Greek trópaion, n. use of neuter of trópaios, tropaîos of turning or putting to flight, derivative of trop(ḗ) a turning. compare trope]

-trophy

a combining form meaning “nutrition,” “growth, development” (dystrophy; hypertrophy); also forming abstract nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -trophic.

[< Greek -trophia nutrition =troph(ḗ) food + -ia -y³]