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hydrophilize

hydrophilize verb: to make hydrophilic.

Verb

hydrophilize (third-person singular simple present hydrophilizes, present participle hydrophilizing, simple past and past participle hydrophilized)

  1. (transitive) To make hydrophilic.

Forms of hydrophilize

third-person singular presenthydrophilizes
present participlehydrophilizing
past participlehydrophilized
pasthydrophilized

Origin of hydrophilize

From hydrophile + -ize.

Words formed from hydrophilize

Questions about hydrophilize

What does hydrophilize mean?
Hydrophilize means to make hydrophilic.
What part of speech is hydrophilize?
Hydrophilize is a verb.
What is the past tense of hydrophilize?
The past tense of hydrophilize is hydrophilized.

Words near hydrophilize in the dictionary

  1. hydrophilins
  2. hydrophilism
  3. hydrophilite
  4. hydrophilites
  5. hydrophilization
  6. hydrophilize
  7. hydrophilized
  8. hydrophilizes
  9. hydrophilizing
  10. hydrophilous
  11. hydrophils

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