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adj
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Antonyms: oligotrophic
adj
Promoting nutrition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
A eutrophic medicine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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adjective
(ecology) of a lake or other body of water rich in nutrients and subject to eutrophication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
From Ancient Greek εὖ (eû) + τροφικός (trophikós), literally “well-nourished”; equivalent to eu- + trophic.
Across languages
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