hydrophile
hydrophile noun: any hydrophilic substance.
Noun
hydrophile (plural hydrophiles)
- Any hydrophilic substance.
- Any organism that thrives in the presence of water.
- Hydrophiles usually retain flight capability because they must recolonize unstable habitats.1986, James Kenneth Liebherr, Cladistic Analysis of North American Platynini
Adjective
hydrophile (comparative more hydrophile, superlative most hydrophile)
- Hydrophilic.
- lt is difficult to produce an absolutely non-irritant vaseline. Lanolin (wool fat) is indeed clear and smooth but it is neither very hydrophile nor neutral, so that it cannot be mixed with basic substances such as zinc oxide without saponifying.1926, Ars Medici
- Partial dehydration of MetHb (by forming films at high relative humidities from solutions) produces a haemichrome structure of this molecule. These structural changes are prevented by binding the molecules to a very hydrophile dialdehyde - Sephadex carrier (DAS).1976, Studia biophysica
Forms of hydrophile
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hydrophiles |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more hydrophile |
| superlative | most hydrophile |
Origin of hydrophile
From hydro- + -phile.
Words formed from hydrophile
Questions about hydrophile
- What does hydrophile mean?
- Hydrophile means any hydrophilic substance.
- What part of speech is hydrophile?
- Hydrophile can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of hydrophile?
- The plural of hydrophile is hydrophiles.
Words near hydrophile in the dictionary
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