lyophile

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Definition of lyophile

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. a lyophilic substance
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noun

  1. a lyophilic substance

adj

  1. lyophilic
    “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.”

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Etymology

From lyo- + -phile, c. 1900, US, perhaps from French lyophile (“lyophilic”).

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