trophogenic

adjective

troph·​o·​gen·​ic

¦träfə¦jenik

1

: brought about by or resulting from differences in food or feeding rather than genetically determined

the various castes of social insects are usually held to be trophogenic in origin

compare blastogenic

2

or less commonly trophogenous

trōˈfäjənəs

[troph- + -genous] : of, relating to, or being the upper level in a lake in which inorganic matter is converted to organic through photosynthetic activity compare tropholytic

Word History

Etymology

troph- + -genic

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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