Medical Dictionary

metatrophic

adj meta·tro·phic \ˌmet-ə-ˈtrōf-ik, -ˈträf-\

Medical Definition of METATROPHIC

:  requiring complex organic sources of carbon and nitrogen for metabolic synthesis :  heterotrophic

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