| AEROTROPIC | • aerotropic adj. (Biology) growing towards higher concentrations of oxygen. • AEROTROPIC adj. showing aerotropism, curvature in response to concentration of oxygen. |
| ALLOTROPIC | • allotropic adj. (Chemistry) Describing a form of an element that exhibits allotropy. • ALLOTROPIC adj. relating to allotropy. |
| AZEOTROPIC | • azeotropic adj. Of, pertaining to, or employing an azeotrope. • AZEOTROPIC adj. of or like an azeotrope, a chemical term for a certain type of liquid mixture. |
| EMMETROPIC | • emmetropic adj. Pertaining to emmetropia. • EMMETROPIC adj. pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia. |
| GAMOTROPIC | • GAMOTROPIC adj. relating to gamotropism, the tendency of gametes to attract one another. |
| HEMITROPIC | • hemitropic adj. (Crystallography) hemitropal. • hemitropic adj. (Mathematics) Invariant relative to a proper orthogonal group. • HEMITROPIC adj. of a crystal, having a twinned structure, also HEMITROPAL, HEMITROPE, HEMITROPOUS. |
| IONOTROPIC | • ionotropic adj. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting ionotropy. • ionotropic adj. Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by ion channels. • IONOTROPIC adj. pertaining to or exhibiting ionotropy, the reversible interconversion of a pair of organic isomers. |
| ISENTROPIC | • isentropic adj. (Thermodynamics, of process) Having a constant entropy. • ISENTROPIC adj. having equal entropy. |
| LAEOTROPIC | • laeotropic adj. Turning to the left (typically in a left-handed spiral). • LAEOTROPIC adj. coiled in a leftward direction, as of a left-spiralling snail shell. |
| LIPOTROPIC | • lipotropic adj. Having an affinity for lipids; lipophilic. • lipotropic adj. (Biochemistry) helping to metabolize lipids. • LIPOTROPIC adj. serving to prevent excessive accumulation of fat in the liver. |
| RHEOTROPIC | • rheotropic adj. Pertaining to or exhibiting rheotropism. • RHEOTROPIC adj. relating to a rheotrope, an instrument for reversing the direction of an electric current. |
| SEMITROPIC | • semitropic adj. Alternative form of semitropical. • SEMITROPIC n. a somewhat tropical region. |
| VAGOTROPIC | • vagotropic adj. Stimulating the vagus nerve. • VAGOTROPIC adj. of a drug, affecting the activity of the vagus nerve. |
| XENOTROPIC | • xenotropic adj. (Biology) Describing a virus growing in tissue of an organism other than its normal host. • XENOTROPIC adj. reproducing or replicating only in cells other than those of the host species. |