Example Sentences for desuetude. 1  The laws against heresy have fallen into desuetude in England, but while they lasted they were simply ferocious. 2  This fashion, Germans inform you, is falling into desuetude; but it falls slowly. 3  This custom was kept up until early in this century, when it fell into desuetude.
Eutrophication (Greek: eutrophia (from eu well + trephein nourish.); German: Eutrophie), or more precisely hypertrophication, is the ecosystem's response to the addition of artificial or natural nutrients, mainly phosphates, through detergents, fertilizers, or sewage, to an aquatic system.
Medical Definition of AUTOTROPHIC. 1. : needing only carbon dioxide or carbonates as a source of carbon and a simple inorganic nitrogen compound for metabolic synthesis.2.: not requiring a specified exogenous factor for normal metabolism.â auÂ·toÂ·troÂ·phiÂ·calÂ·ly \-fi-k(É-)lÄ\ adverb.efinition of AUTOTROPHIC. 1. 2. : not requiring a specified exogenous factor for normal metabolism. â auÂ·toÂ·troÂ·phiÂ·calÂ·ly \-fi-k(É-)lÄ\ adverb.