diphyllic

Adjective

diphyllic (comparative more diphyllic, superlative most diphyllic)

1. liking two substances, for example oil and water, surfactant.
   • The following example of structure formation in polymer systems is microphase separation in solutions or melts of block-copolymers, аs well as of micelles, lamellae and of other structures in solutions of lipid-like diphyllic molecules.1989, Studia biophysica - Volumes 132-133, page 28
2. Having two phylloid lobes.
   • The first lateral lobe is diphyllic, having two nearly equal-sized secondary lobes. The second lateral lobe is monophyllic having a single secondary lobe which lies on the side toward the venter.1933, The Geology of Texas - Issue 3701, Volume 3, page 308
   • The suture line is characterized by the presence of diphyllic saddles, a feature better developed on LS1 and LS2.1962, José Idamor Corvalán, Early Mesozoic Biostratigraphy of the Westgate Area, page 152
3. Containing tissue derived from two different germinal layers.
   • This led to the view that it is one of two things - viz., either a diphyllic teratoma or a true teratoma.1915, L. G. Gunn, “Carcinoma of the Prostate”, in Transactions of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, page 377
   • The most usual type is a solid tumor composed of soft, white, necrotic and hæmorrhagic tissue with a few cysts, or tiny lobules of cartilage; a thorough examination is necessary to prove a triphyllic or even a diphyllic structure.1926, International Surgical Digest - Volumes 1-2, page 311