tropholytic

adjective

troph·​o·​lyt·​ic

¦träfə¦litik

: of, relating to, or being the deeper part of a lake in which dissimilation of organic matter tends to predominate compare trophogenic

Word History

Etymology

troph- + -lytic

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

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