(medicine) any infectious disease which occurs only, or more often, in tropical or subtropical regions

plural of trope

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trope

simple past tense and past participle of trope

Not tropical; not characteristic of or located in the tropics.

(medicine) Coeliac disease.

A cyclone within the tropics, typically having its thunderclouds organized in a spiral shape with wind speeds on the surface between about 30 and 75 miles (60 - 120 km) per hour.

(mathematics) A recent branch of geometry that can be described as a piecewise linear version of real algebraic geometry.

A Vice Presidential candidate selected for his or her youth or attractiveness rather than his or her experience or ability to assume the Office of the Presidency.

(biology) The mutual exchange of (fluid) food between individuals, especially in social insects.