Definition of Hydrophilic

1. Adjective. Having a strong affinity for water; tending to dissolve in, mix with, or be wetted by water.

Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Similar to: Deliquescent
Antonyms: Hydrophobic

Definition of Hydrophilic

1. Adjective. (physics chemistry) having an affinity for water; able to absorb, or be wetted by water ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hydrophilic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Hydrophilic

1. Readily absorbing moisture, hygroscopic, having strongly polar groups that readily interact with water. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrophilic

hydroperoxy
hydroperoxyl
hydroperoxyls
hydroperoxys
hydrophane
hydrophanes
hydrophanous
hydrophid
hydrophid venoms
hydrophidae
hydrophids
hydrophil
hydrophile
hydrophiles
hydrophilia
hydrophilic (current term)
hydrophilic colloid
hydrophilic group
hydrophilic ointment
hydrophilic petrolatum
hydrophilic signaling molecule
hydrophilicity
hydrophilid
hydrophilite
hydrophilites
hydrophilous
hydrophily
hydrophlorone
hydrophobe
hydrophobes

Literary usage of Hydrophilic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"On the other hand, excess of the hydrophilic colloid prevents precipitation ... Solutions of hydrophilic colloids, when very viscid, form jellies or "gels," ..."

2. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Food and Drugs, PT. 200-299, Revised by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"Esophageal obstruction and asphyxiation due to orally-administered drug products containing water-soluble gums, hydrophilic gums, and hydrophylic ..."

3. Soaps and Proteins: Their Colloid Chemistry in Theory and Practice by Martin Fischer, George D. McLaughlin, Marian Osgood Hooker (1921)
"It is well to state at once what we hold to be the relationship between these findings and our previous considerations of the hydrophilic properties of ..."

4. Fats and Fatty Degeneration: A Physico-chemical Study of Emulsions and the by Martin Fischer, Marian Osgood Hooker (1917)
"But agents which dehydrate the hydrophilic colloid act even more rapidly and effectively. What will prove to be an effective agent in this regard depends, ..."

5. Second Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of ...by Scott M. Grundy by Scott M. Grundy (1997)
"Cholesterol- lowering effects of psyllium hydrophilic mucilloid for ... Comparison of psyllium hydrophilic mucilloid and cellulose as adjuncts to a prudent ..."

6. Effects of the Eruptions of Mount St. Helens on Physical, Chemical, and by Douglas B. Lee (1998)
"In contrast, rather than being refractory: [hydrophilic acids] include many organic acids readily utilized by bacteria and other heterotrophic ..."

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