lyophile
English
Etymology
lyo- + -phile, c. 1900, US, perhaps from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French lyophile (“lyophilic”).
Noun
lyophile (plural lyophiles)
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Adjective
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
- “lyophile”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.