paratrophic
/ˌparəˈtrɒfɪk/ /ˌparəˈtrəʊfɪk/Medicine and Biology. Now rare
adjective
Dependent upon living organic material for nutrition; obligately parasitic. Now rare.
Origin
Mid 19th century (in an earlier sense). From para- + -trophic. In sense 1, after paratrophy.
- field pattern
- field pay
- field pea
- field physics
- field piece
- field plot
- field poppy
- field position
- field post
- field postcard
- field post office
- field practice
- field preacher
- field preaching
- field-programmable
- field punishment
- field ranger
- field rank
- field rat
- field reeve
- field regulator
- field return
- field rheostat
- field rhubarb
- field roller