lyophile
English
editEtymology
editlyo- + -phile, c. 1900, US, perhaps from French lyophile (“lyophilic”).
Noun
editlyophile (plural lyophiles)
Antonyms
editAdjective
editlyophile (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:
Synonyms
editAntonyms
editReferences
edit- “lyophile”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
French
editAdjective
editlyophile (plural lyophiles)
Further reading
edit- “lyophile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.