Usually means: Attracted to solvent; easily dispersed.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. lyophilic: Merriam-Webster
  2. lyophilic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lyophilic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. lyophilic: Wiktionary
  5. lyophilic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. lyophilic: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. lyophilic: Dictionary.com
  8. Lyophilic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. lyophilic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lyophilic: Encyclopedia

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

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  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lyophilic)

▸ adjective:  (chemistry, of a colloid) Having an affinity for the dispersion medium and thus not easily precipitated.

Similar:
deliquescent, lyophylized, liquidogenous, lyophilized, isocratic, delithiated, cryophylactic, cryohydric, buffered, antidispersion, more...

Opposite:
lyophobic, hydrophobic, non-wetting

Phrases:
lyophilic colloid, more...

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Similar:
deliquescent, lyophylized, liquidogenous, lyophilized, isocratic, delithiated, cryophylactic, cryohydric, buffered, antidispersion, more...

Opposite:
lyophobic, hydrophobic, non-wetting

Phrases:
lyophilic colloid, more...



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