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-tropic

-tropic or -trophic


suffix 
Definition:
 
1. turning, changing, or reacting in a particular way
dexiotropic

2. attracted to, having an affinity for, or moving toward a particular thing
neurotropic

3. acting on something in a particular way
vagotropic

[< Greek tropē "turn" (see tropic1)]
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