Definition of Hydrophobic

1. Adjective. Lacking affinity for water; tending to repel and not absorb water; tending not to dissolve in or mix with or be wetted by water.

Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Antonyms: Hydrophilic
Derivative terms: Hydrophobicity

2. Adjective. Abnormally afraid of water.
Exact synonyms: Aquaphobic
Similar to: Afraid
Derivative terms: Aquaphobia

Definition of Hydrophobic

1. a. Of or pertaining to hydrophobia; producing or caused by rabies; as, hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic poison.

Definition of Hydrophobic

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

2. Adjective. Of, or having hydrophobia (rabies). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hydrophobic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Hydrophobic

1. Not readily absorbing water or being adversely affected by water, as a hydrophobic colloid. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrophobic

hydrophilic group
hydrophilic ointment
hydrophilic petrolatum
hydrophilic signaling molecule
hydrophilicity
hydrophilid
hydrophilite
hydrophilites
hydrophilous
hydrophily
hydrophlorone
hydrophobe
hydrophobes
hydrophobia
hydrophobias
hydrophobic (current term)
hydrophobic bond
hydrophobic bonding
hydrophobic colloid
hydrophobic effect
hydrophobic interaction
hydrophobic tetanus
hydrophobically
hydrophobicities
hydrophobicity
hydrophobin
hydrophobins
hydrophobised
hydrophobization
hydrophobized

Literary usage of Hydrophobic

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Thus when hydrophobic bonding brings together the catalyst and substrate in one ... Since this model claims that hydrophobic bond formation is a partial ..."

2. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1866)
"... hydrophobic dread of water. The spasms in hydro- beyond. Tet he ie still capable of being soothed with caresses und kind words, »nd ч~! ..."

3. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use by Austin Flint, William Henry Welch (1886)
""'f "' that they acquire immunity against the str,/ -- -~~. from hydrophobic rabbits). Pasteur ha> b. tl ~ - "~ "ft his method of preventive inoculation to ..."

4. A Biennial Retrospect of Medicine, Surgery and Their Allied Sciences by New Sydenham Society (1875)
"... of hydrophobic patients, and the principal symptoms may be referred to the function of ... hydrophobic ..."

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