different between abiotrophy vs biotrophy

English

abio- (“without life”) +? -trophy (“development”)

abiotrophy (plural abiotrophies)

(medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.

bio- +? -trophy

biotrophy (uncountable)

(botany, mycology) A parasitic relationship in which the parasite feeds on a living host organism without killing it

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