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-tropia

-tropia suffix: turning, movement; identical in origin to -tropy but more commonly associated with medicine, especially eye conditions.

Suffix

-tropia

  1. turning, movement; identical in origin to -tropy but more commonly associated with medicine, especially eye conditions.

Origin of -tropia

From Ancient Greek -τροπίᾱ (-tropíā), from τρόπος (trópos, “a turn”).

Questions about -tropia

What does -tropia mean?
-tropia means turning, movement; identical in origin to -tropy but more commonly associated with medicine, especially eye conditions.
What part of speech is -tropia?
-tropia is a suffix.

Words near -tropia in the dictionary

  1. -trope
  2. -troph
  3. -trophic
  4. -trophism
  5. -trophy
  6. -tropia
  7. -tropic
  8. -tropin
  9. -tropism
  10. -tropy
  11. -tu-

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