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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • suffix Turning or changing in a specified way or in response to a specified stimulus.
  • suffix Affecting or attracted to something specified.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Greek tropē, a turning; see tropic.]

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