Trophic

Pertaining to food and nutrition.


A term applied to the influence that nerves exert with regard to the healthiness and nourishment of the parts to which they run. When the nerves become diseased or injured, this influence is lost and the muscles waste, while the skin loses its healthy appearance and is liable to break down into ulcers.


Concerned with nourishment; applied particularly to a type of efferent nerves believed to control the growth and nourishment of the parts they innervate.


The term refers to matters concerning nutrition. It can also describe a hormone or its effects that stimulate another gland to produce hormones.


Relating to the processes involved in the nutrition, digestion, and absorption of food.


 


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