Where does “heterotrophic” come from?
Heterotrophic derives from Ancient Greek ἕτερος (heteros, "other") and τροφή (trophē, "nourishment"), ultimately from τρέφω (trephō, "to nourish").
heterotrophic (English): Being a heterotroph
Definitions
- Being a heterotroph
Ancestry of “heterotrophic”, step by step
Words derived from “heterotrophic”
- photoheterotrophic
- heterotrophically
- chemoheterotrophic
- photoheterotrophically
- chemolithoheterotrophic
- nonheterotrophic
- myco-heterotrophic
- auxoheterotrophic
- organoheterotrophic
- autoheterotrophic
- lithoheterotrophic
- microheterotrophic
- osmoheterotrophic
- organoheterotrophically
- chemolithoheterotrophically
- photoorganoheterotrophic
- chemoorganoheterotrophically
- photoorganoheterotrophically