English
acrotrophic
From acro- + -trophic.
Proto-Hellenic *tʰrépʰō
Ancient Greek τρέφω ‘to maintain, support’
Ancient Greek τροφή ‘food’
Ancient Greek τροφικός ‘pertaining to food or nourishment’
English trophic
Today it means
adj Having nutritive cells at the top of the follicular tube
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / acrotrophic