-tropism
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Tropism:
向…性：
phototropism.
向光性
语源
- From Greek tropē [a turning] * see -tropic
源自 希腊语 tropē [转向] *参见 -tropic
-tropism or -tropy
combining form in countable noun
indicating a tendency to turn or develop in response to a certain stimulus
⇒
phototropism
Origin
from Greek tropos a turn-tropism
Word Origin
1
variant of -tropy.
Origin
see -tropy, -ism
Related Words
- -tropy
- aerotropism
- chemotropism
- cytotropism
- heliotropism
- hydrotropism
-tropisma word element referring to tropism, as in heliotropism.
[-trop(e) + -ism]-tropism
noun combining form
heliotropism
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY International Scientific Vocabulary, from trop-
: tropismheliotropism
ORIGIN: formed as tropic adjective -ism
-tro·pism
\-trəˌpizəm, in some words .ˌtrōˌpizəm\ noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from -trope (I) + -ism
: tendency to turn toward : affinity for : tropism
< heliotropism >
< neurotropism >
< heliotropism >
< neurotropism >
-tropism
Suffix
- sciences movement, turning.
- biology growth towards.
Etymology
From Latin tropus (English trope) + -ism, from Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”). Early use in botany as geotropism and heliotropism.
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -tropism