(Ecology)of or relating to feeding and nutrition (生态)(与)摄食和营养(有关)的 ■(Physiology)(of a hormone or its effect) stimulating the activity of another endocrine gland (生理)(激素或其作用)向性的,刺激另一内分泌腺活动的
语源
late 19th cent.: from Greek trophikos, from trophē 'nourishment', from trephein 'nourish'