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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