-tropism

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /-ˈtɹəʊpɪz(ə)m/ (General American) IPA(key): /-ˈtɹoʊˌpɪzəm/ === Suffix === -tropism (sciences) movement, turning. (biology) growth towards. ==== Derived terms ==== tropism ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === imports, primost, promist