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amphiphatic

amphiphatic is the misspelling of amphipathic.

Meaning of amphipathic

Adjective

amphipathic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a molecule, such as a detergent, which has both hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups.
  2. Of the surface(s) on a protein, particularly an alpha helix, where one surface of the alpha helix has hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite face has hydrophobic (or lipophilic) amino acids.

Questions about amphiphatic

What is amphiphatic the misspelling of?
Amphiphatic is the misspelling of amphipathic.

Words near amphiphatic in the dictionary

  1. amphipathicities
  2. amphipathicity
  3. amphipaths
  4. amphipathy
  5. amphipatic
  6. amphiphatic
  7. amphiphil
  8. amphiphile
  9. amphiphiles
  10. amphiphilic
  11. amphiphilically

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