lyophile
English edit
Etymology edit
lyo- + -phile, c. 1900, US, perhaps from French lyophile (“lyophilic”).
Noun edit
lyophile (plural lyophiles)
Antonyms edit
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.