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hydrophilia

hydrophilia noun: affinity for water.

Noun

hydrophilia (uncountable)

  1. affinity for water

Origin of hydrophilia

From hydro- + -philia.

Questions about hydrophilia

What does hydrophilia mean?
Hydrophilia means affinity for water.
What part of speech is hydrophilia?
Hydrophilia is a noun.

Words near hydrophilia in the dictionary

  1. hydrophiine
  2. hydrophiines
  3. hydrophil
  4. hydrophile
  5. hydrophiles
  6. hydrophilia
  7. hydrophilic
  8. hydrophilically
  9. hydrophilicities
  10. hydrophilicity
  11. hydrophilid

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