Usually means: Attraction or affinity to water.
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General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. hydrophilia: Wordnik
  2. hydrophilia: Wiktionary
  3. hydrophilia: Dictionary.com

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. hydrophilia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Hydrophilia: MedFriendly Glossary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. hydrophilia: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Modern Herbal, 1931, by Mrs. M. Grieve (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hydrophilia: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hydrophilia)

▸ noun:  affinity for water

Similar:
hydrophile, hydrophily, hydrophytism, hydromorphy, hydrogamy, hydrozone, hydrosoma, hydrophyllium, hydropolyp, hydrophore, more...

Opposite:
hydrophobia, aquaphobia, fear of water

Phrases:
aeromonas hydrophilia, more...

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Similar:
hydrophile, hydrophily, hydrophytism, hydromorphy, hydrogamy, hydrozone, hydrosoma, hydrophyllium, hydropolyp, hydrophore, more...

Opposite:
hydrophobia, aquaphobia, fear of water

Phrases:
aeromonas hydrophilia, more...



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