trophic

[trof-ik, troh-fik] /ˈtrɒf ɪk, ˈtroʊ fɪk/
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
Origin
1870-75; < Greek trophikós pertaining to food. See tropho-, -ic
Related forms
trophically, adverb

-trophic

1.
a combining form with the meanings “having nutritional habits or requirements” of the kind specified by the initial element (autotrophic), “affecting the activity of, maintaining” that specified (gonadotrophic) (in this sense often interchangeable with -tropic, ); also forming adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -troph, or -trophy, (hypertrophic).
Origin
see trophic
British Dictionary definitions for trophic

trophic

/ˈtrɒfɪk/
adjective
1.
of or relating to nutrition: the trophic levels of a food chain
Derived Forms
trophically, adverb
Word Origin
C19: from Greek trophikos, from trophē food, from trephein to feed
Word Origin and History for trophic
adj.

1873, from Greek trophikos, from trophe "nourishment" (see -trophy).

trophic in Medicine

trophic troph·ic (trŏf'ĭk, trō'fĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or characterized by nutrition.

-trophic suff.
Of, relating to, or characterized by a specified kind of nutrition: organotrophic.

trophic in Science
trophic
  (trŏf'ĭk)   
Relating to the feeding habits of different organisms in a food chain or web.