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amphitropic

amphitropic adjective: having both lipotropic and hydrotropic characteristics (used especially of proteins).

Adjective

amphitropic (not comparable)

  1. Having both lipotropic and hydrotropic characteristics (used especially of proteins)

Origin of amphitropic

From amphi- + -tropic.

Questions about amphitropic

What does amphitropic mean?
Amphitropic means having both lipotropic and hydrotropic characteristics (used especially of proteins).
What part of speech is amphitropic?
Amphitropic is an adjective.

Words near amphitropic in the dictionary

  1. Amphitrite Group
  2. amphitrites
  3. amphitropal
  4. amphitrophic
  5. amphitrophy
  6. amphitropic
  7. amphitropical
  8. amphitropism
  9. amphitropous
  10. amphitropously
  11. amphitryon

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