-trophysuff. Nutrition; growth: hypertrophy.[Greek -trophi?, from troph?, from trephein, to nourish.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-trophy n combining form indicating a certain type of nourishment or growth: dystrophy. [from Greek -trophia, from troph? nourishment] -trophic adj combining formCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014tro?phy (?tro? fi) n., pl. -phies. 1. anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., esp. when preserved as a memento. 2. anything won or awarded as a token or evidence of victory, valor, skill, etc.: athletic trophies. 3. a carving, painting, or other representation of objects associated with victory or achievement. 4. (in ancient Greece and Rome) a memorial to a military victory, orig. captured armor and weapons hung at the site of a rout. [1505?15; earlier trophe