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lyophobe

lyophobe noun: a lyophobic substance.

Noun

lyophobe (plural lyophobes)

  1. A lyophobic substance.
    Antonyms:
    lyophile

Adjective

lyophobe (comparative more lyophobe, superlative most lyophobe)

  1. Lyphobic.
    • As a class, the soil colloids seem to be related more nearly to the lyophobe than to the lyophile colloids, although materials isolated from some soils approach lyophile colloids in their ability to swell.1900, United States Bureau of Soils, p. 148
    Antonyms:
    lyophilic

Antonyms of lyophobe

Forms of lyophobe

Noun
plurallyophobes
Adjective
comparativemore lyophobe
superlativemost lyophobe

Origin of lyophobe

From lyo- + -phobe, first use appears c. 1900 in the US, perhaps from French lyophobe (“lyophobic”).

Questions about lyophobe

What does lyophobe mean?
Lyophobe means a lyophobic substance.
What part of speech is lyophobe?
Lyophobe can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of lyophobe?
The plural of lyophobe is lyophobes.

Words near lyophobe in the dictionary

  1. lyophilizer
  2. lyophilizers
  3. lyophilizes
  4. lyophilizing
  5. lyophils
  6. lyophobe
  7. lyophobes
  8. lyophobic
  9. lyophylized
  10. lyopreservation
  11. lyopreserve

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