Usually means: Dislikes interaction with the solvent.
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  1. lyophobic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. lyophobic: Collins English Dictionary
  3. lyophobic: Wiktionary
  4. lyophobic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. lyophobic: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. lyophobic: Dictionary.com
  7. Lyophobic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. lyophobic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. lyophobic: Encyclopedia

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

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  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lyophobic)

▸ adjective:  (chemistry, of a colloid) Having no affinity for the dispersion medium and thus easily precipitated.

Similar:
hydrophobic, nonpolar, noncolloidal, nonhydrolyzable, nondispersion, inert, nondispersing, nonpolarizable, unprecipitated, impolarizable, more...

Opposite:
lyophilic, hydrophilic

Types:
hydrophobic, oil-loving, oleophilic, more...

Phrases:
lyophobic colloid, more...

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Similar:
hydrophobic, nonpolar, noncolloidal, nonhydrolyzable, nondispersion, inert, nondispersing, nonpolarizable, unprecipitated, impolarizable, more...

Opposite:
lyophilic, hydrophilic

Types:
hydrophobic, oil-loving, oleophilic, more...

Phrases:
lyophobic colloid, more...



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