lyophile
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
lyo- + -phile, c. 1900, US, perhaps from French lyophile (“lyophilic”).
Noun[edit]
lyophile (plural lyophiles)
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Adjective[edit]
lyophile (comparative more lyophile, superlative most lyophile)
- (chemistry) lyophilic
- 1900, United States Bureau of Soils, p. 148:
- 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:
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References[edit]
- “lyophile”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lyophile (plural lyophiles)
Further reading[edit]
- “lyophile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.