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-trophy

A word ending that means nourishment or growth.

truh-fee suffix

What it means

The ending of words about how tissue grows. Atrophy is wasting away (no growth), hypertrophy is growth of cells to a bigger size, as in a thickened heart muscle, and dystrophy is faulty growth, as in muscular dystrophy.

Remember it

A trophy is a prize; a muscle trophy grows when it is fed and used.

Related terms

dys-

A word beginning that means difficult, painful or not working normally.

a-

A word beginning that means without, not or absence of; written an- before a vowel.

hyper-

A word beginning that means above, over or more than normal.

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