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Eutrophic

Definition & Meaning

Pronunciation /juːˈtɹɒfɪk/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Eutrophic is an adjective meaning (medicine) Promoting nutrition.

Meaning

(medicine) Promoting nutrition.

More Meanings

  1. (medicine) A eutrophic medicine.
  2. (biology, of a body of water) Being rich in nutrients and minerals and therefore having an excessive growth of algae and thus a diminished oxygen content to the detriment of other organisms.

Word Forms

Antonyms for eutrophic

Common opposites include oligotrophic.

oligotrophic

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include euthropic, mesotrophic, oxythermal, nitrophilous, oligomesotrophic, polysaprobic.

euthropicmesotrophicoxythermalnitrophilousoligomesotrophicpolysaprobicmineratrophicaerotropicoxybioticlimnobioticplanktotrophicbathyphiliceugonicbioaffluentpolytrophicbioaccumulatorybioaccumulativeaerophilicaerophilous

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