trophotropicadj.
/trəʊfəˈtrəʊpɪk/, /trəʊfəˈtrɒpɪk/, /trɒfəˈtrəʊpɪk/, /trɒfəˈtrɒpɪk/, U.S. /ˌtrɑfəˈtroʊpɪk/, /ˌtrɑfəˈtrɑpɪk/, /ˌtroʊfəˈtroʊpɪk/, /ˌtroʊfəˈtrɑpɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or exhibiting trophotropism. Now rare.
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1889 A. W. Bennett & G. R. M. Murray Handbk. Cryptogamic Bot. 403 Plasmodes..are positively trophotropic, i.e., they move towards nutrient sources.
1901 Bot. Gaz. 31 201 The trophotropic action of the food substance began to manifest itself by the plasmodial invasion of the newly provided nitrogenous food substance.
1944 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 59 224 No analysis has been attempted of the factors affecting the phototropic or trophotropic responses of the Puerto Rican anophelines.
2. Designating the physiological actions or effects of the parasympathetic nervous system (which include the promotion of digestion and of tissue repair and growth); of, relating to, or characterized by these effects.
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1938 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 94 109 The autonomic nervous system falls into two divisions, the sympathetic, the functions of which we call ergotropic, following W. R. Hess, and the parasympathetic, the action of which we refer to as trophotropic.
1958 Behaviour 13 236 Digestion as well as sleep belong to the trophotropic vegetative tonus level.
1975 H. Benson Relaxation Response iv. 69 The trophotropic response described by Hess in the cat is, we believe, the Relaxation Response in man.
2007 L. Komjathy Cultivating Perfection ii. 95 Trophotropic states are characterized by low levels of physiological and cognitive activity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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